Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies
The Best Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies Recipe – These sweet, soft, and perfectly crumbly butter cookies are loaded with crunchy walnut pieces and mini chocolate chips for a decadent, delightful treat.
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Personally, I am a big fan of treats that are loaded with goodies. Sweet, salty, and/or earthy ingredients take cookies to the next level of deliciousness! And what could be better than a bit of all three?
This Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies Recipe incorporates ground walnuts and mini chocolate chips into a soft, crumbly butter cookie base. The texture and luxurious buttery flavor are TDF. Kind of like homemade Pecan Sandies, but with walnuts.
These are great for all kinds of events like holidays, birthday parties, and weekend treats! Our recipe makes a large batch of 48 freezer-friendly cookies, so it’s perfect to make ahead for special occasions or to keep crave-able snacks on hand.
Ingredients You Need
- Unsalted butter – softened, for that delightful buttery taste
- Granulated sugar – white sugar or other preferred sugar, such as coconut
- Light brown sugar – to get just the right deep, sweet earthiness
- Vanilla extract – essential to bring together the cookie flavors
- Salt – balances the sweetness
- All-purpose flour – or your preferred GF-friendly baking alternative
- Mini chocolate chips – your choice of semi-sweet or dark chocolate
- Ground walnuts – store bought or home ground
- Walnut halves – raw
How to Make the Best Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Set out several large baking sheets and line them with parchment paper.
Set out an electric stand mixer. Add the softened butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and salt to the mixer. Beat on high to cream the butter and sugars together until light and fluffy.
Pro Tip: It usually takes 3 to 5 minutes to cream the mixture properly, but has a huge impact on the texture of the cookies. Stay patient!
Meanwhile, grind 1 cup of walnut pieces in a food processor or blender. Grind long enough to create a fine walnut crumble or flour, but not walnut butter! Save all the prettiest walnut halves for the tops.
Once the butter mixture is light and fluffy, scrape the bowl with a rubber spatula. Then turn the mixer on low and mix in the all-purpose flour and ground walnuts.
When the mixture is smooth, mix in the mini chocolate chips. As soon as they are well incorporated, turn off the mixer, as to not over-mix the dough.
Use a 1 1/2 tablespoon cookie scoop, or a cooking scale, to measure out 1 ounce balls of dough. Roll the balls tightly and place them on the baking sheets 2 inches apart.
Tip: Wash, dry, and lightly butter your hands to smoothly roll the dough balls.
Then press a walnut half in the top of each ball, pressing down until the cookie is about 3/4 of an inch tall.
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Bake the cookies for 15 to 18 minutes. Check at the 15-minute mark…
The centers should be barely cooked through but not doughy, and the edges should be just slightly golden and crisp.
Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheets for at least 5 minutes to continue firming.
Transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Enjoy!
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, you can make these amazing cookies with pecans!
Substitute all-purpose flour with your favorite GF baking mix.
You certainly leave out the mini chips for purely walnut-tastic treats.
This is a LARGE recipe that yields 48 cookies (which accounts for all the butter). You can half it, or store some of the cookie dough in the freezer for later.
Roll the raw cookie dough into a log shape, wrap it in plastic, and transfer it to an airtight zipper bag. Keep in the freezer for up to 3 months. Thaw the dough in the refrigerator overnight, then unwrap and continue the recipe as instructed.
Baked cookies will keep well for up to 5 days at room temperature. To freeze, wrap each cookie in plastic wrap, then place them all together in an airtight zipper bag. Keep in the freezer for up to 3 months, and defrost on the counter or in the fridge overnight.
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Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups unsalted butter softened (1 pound)
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup light brown sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
- 1 cup ground walnuts from 1 heaping cup pieces
- 48 walnut halves for tops
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Set out several large baking sheets and line them with parchment paper.
- Set out an electric stand mixer. Add the softened butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and salt to the mixer. Beat on high to cream the butter and sugars together until light and fluffy. *It usually takes 3 to 5 minutes to cream the mixture properly, but has a huge impact on the texture of the cookies.
- Meanwhile, grind 1 cup of walnut pieces in a food processor or blender. Grind long enough to create a fine walnut crumble or flour, but not so long you make walnut butter! Save all the prettiest walnut halves for the tops.
- Once the butter mixture is light and fluffy, scrape the bowl with a rubber spatula. Then turn the mixer on low and mix in the all-purpose flour and ground walnuts. When the mixture is smooth, mix in the mini chocolate chips. Once they are well incorporated, turn off the mixer, as to not over-mix the dough.
- Use a 1 1/2 tablespoon cookie scoop, or a cooking scale, to measure out 1 ounce balls of dough. Roll the balls tightly and place on the baking sheets 2 inches apart.
- Press a walnut half in the top of each ball, pressing down until the cookie is about 3/4 of an inch tall.
- Bake the cookies for 15 to 18 minutes. Check at the 15 minute mark. The centers should be just barely cooked through but not doughy, and the edges should be just slightly golden. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheets to continue firming.
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Amazing recipe – so delicious! I made your recipe last week, definitely making it again!
These Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies are so soft and delicious! The BEST cookie recipe, we love making these!
These cookies are addicting! Thank you so much for sharing!
My dad loves walnuts, so I made some of these cookies for him. They were a huge hit!