Chocolate Walnut Cookies
Chewy chocolate walnut cookies with a crackled sugar coating! A touch of espresso powder intensifies the chocolate flavor, and you can swap walnuts for hazelnuts or pecans.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
- 1 1/3 cups flour, 6 1/4 ounces
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Optional: 1 teaspoon espresso powder, or instant coffee granules
- 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
Instructions
- Prep the baking pan. Grease baking sheets lightly or line with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Make the cookie dough. In a mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, combine the brown sugar and butter and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Beat in the cooled melted chocolate.In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cream of tartar, soda, salt, and espresso powder, if using; mix well. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and stir until well blended. Fold in the walnuts.
- Chill the dough. Cover the bowl and refrigerate the dough until firm.
- Heat the oven. While the cookies chill, preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Shape and sugar the cookies. Put the 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar in a bowl. Shape dough into 1-inch balls and roll in the sugar. Arrange the cookies on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake the cookies. Transfer the baking sheets to the oven and bake the cookies for 12 to 15 minutes, or until they are firm.
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