Recipe- Chocolate Walnut Cookies Are An Easy Treat For The Holiday Season

Chocolate Walnut Cookies are an easy treat to make for the holiday season.Made with basic ingredients, these cookies are crispy, eggless and best enjoyed with a glass of milk or cup of coffee. Simple buttery cookies are one of my favorite things to bake at home.

The reason is that they are super easy to make and require few ingredients which I mostly always have in my pantry.Honestly, I do like baking cakes, pies and cupcakes too. But cookies is what I am most drawn to.

That’s quite obvious considering the amount of cookie recipes I have on the blog!Since the baking season is here and I wanted to bake some cookies, I came up with these Chocolate Walnuts Cookies! These eggless chocolate walnut cookies call for simple ingredients like flour, butter, cocoa powder, sugar and butter.

It can’t get more basic than this, isn’t it?You don’t even need a mixer to make these cookies although I did use my stand mixer but you can very well just use your hands to bring the dough together.Once the dough is done which takes like 10 minutes, the next step is to chill the dough.I like to chill these cookies so that I can slice them and bake. So, for that I shape the dough like a log, wrap it and then chill it until firm.

Ingredients

3/4 cup chopped walnuts
1.5 cups all purpose flour 195 grams
1/4 teaspoon salt optional, only if using unsalted butter
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup granulated white sugar 75 grams
2 tablespoons cocoa powder 20 grams
1/2 cup salted butter 1 stick/113 grams, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2.5 tablespoons milk or as needed

Method

* To a pan/skillet on medium heat, add the chopped walnuts.

* Roast the walnuts for 3 to 4 minutes on medium heat until fragrant. Remove from heat and set aside.

* In a bowl whisk together flour, salt (only if using unsalted butter), baking powder, granulated white sugar and cocoa powder.

* Add the butter. I have used room temperature butter here which I cut into small pieces and then added to the bowl.

* Using your finger (or you can also use a fork) mix the butter with the flour until it's well combined. You can also use a stand mixer here, like I did. Once combined, the mixture will resemble crumbs.

* Add the vanilla and toasted walnuts.

* Then start adding the milk, little at a time, until it comes together as a dough.

* Divide the dough into 2 equal parts and then roll each part into logs, around 5-6 inch long and 2 inch wide. Wrap with cling sheet and refrigerate overnight or minimum of 2 to 3 hours.

* Cut the logs into 1/2 inch wide cookies once it's chilled. Pre-heat oven to 350 F degrees.

* Arrange cookies onto the baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350 F degrees for 20 to 22 minutes until crispy.

* Cool on a wire rack and then store in an airtight container. Enjoy with a cup of coffee.