Chocolate Walnut Drop Cookies
Buttery drop cookie dough with two sugars, semisweet chocolate chips, and walnuts, baked until golden.
Equipment
- Large mixing bowl
- Electric mixer
- Two baking sheets
- Wire rack
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 3 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda dissolved in 2 teaspoons hot water
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
Cooking
- Heat. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cream. Beat the butter and sugars, then add the eggs and vanilla.
- Leaven. Mix in the baking soda in hot water and the salt.
- Fold. Mix in the flour, then fold in the chips and walnuts.
- Bake. Drop rounded tablespoons and bake nine to eleven minutes.
Notes
Substitutions: Pecans replace walnuts, and chocolate chunks replace chips.
Tips: Soften the butter and do not overbake.
Storage: One week airtight or three months frozen.
Nutrition is calculated for one cookie.