Without a doubt, my daughter’s favorite dessert of all time is the deep dish style pizza cookies from Oregano’s. They are also referred to as Pizookie by BJ’s Restaurant and I’ve even heard them called Cookies A La Mode. Who cares what you call them, as long as you can get your hands on them. A warm, not completely baked cookie base that is topped with cool creamy ice cream. It may just be the ultimate dessert.
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For quite some time I’ve made these at home using store bought cookie dough, following the directions from Our Best Bites. It works out great. But I do not always have cookie dough on hand and it seems to be getting harder and harder to find cookie dough that is completely nut free, so I figured it was time to make these from scratch. You can really use any cookie recipe – at the holidays we made them using my Levain Bakery Copycat Double Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe.
While any cookie recipe will probably work, I wanted to have a recipe that makes one single serving (granted, it’s generous enough that you can share if you are so inclined). And I wanted to be able to make them in the microwave. Here’s what we have…
Yum. Are you ready?
Hot Cookie A La Mode In The Microwave
This is pretty straight forward. You will need…
SINGLE SERVING DEEP DISH COOKIE A LA MODE
(Note – these are intended to be served with a scoop of ice cream on top, it’s a big part of what completes the dessert)
1.5 to 2 TBSP Melted Butter
1 TBSP Sugar
1 TBSP Brown Sugar
1/8 TSP Vanilla
1/4 Cup Flour (go with a scant 1/4 cup vs a generous 1/4 cup)
Sprinkle Of Salt If Desired
1/8 TSP Baking Powder
Chocolate Chips To Taste
Melt your butter in a microwave safe bowl. You can in make and cook these in one container, but I made mine in a measuring cup and cooked in a ramekin. I think mugs are a popular option for these microwavable desserts. After melting the butter, add in both sugars and vanilla and stir well.
Next add in your flour, salt and baking powder.
Stir to combine. Add in your chocolate chips – you can use as many or as few as you would like. Also feel free to add nuts or other mix ins.
Now it’s time to pop it into the microwave and cook. This is where there is a fair amount of variation. You could cook for as little as 40 seconds or as much as one minute and 20 seconds. This will depend on your microwave and what you want your cookie to be like. There are no eggs in this, so you are probably safe to go on the more undercooked side (my fave!).
These are best if they are immediately topped with ice cream and devoured. Yummy.
Hard to resist.
Are brownies more your style? Make sure to try the Brownie A La Anytime – just a minute in the microwave and you have warm brownie goodness ready to enjoy.
Runt says
Um, I’m doing this TONIGHT!
linsey says
I’ve tried this recipie like ten times and I have witnessed a miracle every time! These cookies are super yummy and a perfect late night snack. They are so easy to make and so fast to whip up that I had the recipie memorized after making it only 3 times! Thanks so much Christi! I now have a new treat that I make for my sugar crazed family every night! Thanks again!
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says
Mmm I neeed to try this!
marla says
These little cakes look amazing!
Mercedes says
I love you/am super upset with you for this recipe! I love how easy you make it to have a freshly baked cookie, but I hate how I will want to make this every night for dessert!
sally @ sally's baking addiction says
My boyfriend would go nuts for this for his birthday in a couple weeks. I think I’ll add some peanut butter and reese’s pieces to it. he’s a PB fanatic! 🙂
Meghan says
I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS RECIPE FOREVER! You just changed my life. Yayyyy!
Averie @ Averie Cooks says
This looks awesome, Christ! You’re on a roll with these micro desserts 🙂
You and Jenny/picky both have nearly the same posts/recipes that went live within an hour or so of each other. I need cookies, now!
Christi says
Averie, haha – get on it girl!!! Clearly Jenny and I were of the same mindset this weekend. Now go microwave something my friend – I look forward to the breath taking photos of it. 😉
Katarina says
Sounds great! And I like mine undercooked too, yummy 🙂
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
WOW! Thanks for this recipe! You totally read my mind…I wanted to do something similar for my hubs’ birthday tomorrow but I didn’t have it in me to recipe test. So I made deep dish cookies (way too many of them). Love this recipe!
Anonymous says
What temperature do you bake it at???????
Christi says
Well since it’s made in the microwave, just at your standard setting…
“Now it’s time to pop it into the microwave and cook. This is where there is a fair amount of variation. You could cook for as little as 40 seconds or as much as one minute and 20 seconds. This will depend on your microwave and what you want your cookie to be like. There are no eggs in this, so you are probably safe to go on the more undercooked side (my fave!).”
Gloria Flick says
I was wanting something sweet, but wasn’t sure what. I saw your recipe and made it right away. I substituted 2 tablespoons of agave nectar for the sugars and I used gluten free all purpose flour. I also added a few chopped almonds. It was GOOD!!!! I can hardly wait to share this with my husband. He’s already in bed, so he didn’t get any! Thanks so much for the recipe!
Gloria flick says
Ok, so I made this for my husband the day after I tried it. He’s hooked, too! I made it again today and while in the kitchen together (I was showing him how to make them) he said, “How did anybody come up with this? This is so easy and good!”