Cookies And Biscuits, Lesson #3 - The Chocolate Walnut Drop Cookies
The crisp crumbly texture of the cookie with the melted chocolate chips at the center gives it a perfect combination of being fudgy and crusty.
Cookies are small, thin, flat, and cake-like baked treats. The name cookie is derived from the Dutch word “Koekje”, meaning “small or little cake”. Cookies are also known as “Biscuits” in England & Australia, in Italy, they have many names including “Amaretti” & “Biscotti”, the Spanish call them “Galletas” and in Germany, they’re known as “Keks”.
Bakers in the past used to bake a small amount of cake batter to check the right oven temperature to bake and so in the process, cookies came into existence accidentally during this process of making “test cakes”. Cookies now are made from a variety of different cooking techniques and ingredients to produce cookies with a range of different textures, styles, and shapes.
To learn more about the popular types of cookies and biscuits, you can go through the introductory lesson - Cookies And Biscuits… Bite-sized Delights!
Cookies And Biscuits Recipe of the Day - The Chocolate Walnut Drop Cookies
About Chocolate Walnut Drop Cookies
The Chocolate Walnut Drop Cookies as the name suggests are drop cookies. It’s a modern cookie and a cross between the brownie and cookie. Soft inside and crusty outside is what makes this cookie delicious. These cookies are of a large size, making each one of them a big filler and the cocoa powder & chocolate make them rich and decadent.
This Dish
The crisp crumbly texture of the cookie with the melted chocolate chips at the center gives it a perfect combination of being fudgy and crusty.
Recipe Card
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Ingredients |
Quantity |
| All-purpose flour |
2 cups |
|
Cocoa powder |
2/3 cups |
| Baking soda/bicarbonate of soda |
1 tsp |
|
Salt |
1 pinch |
| Butter |
½ cup/110 gm |
|
Light brown sugar |
¾ cup |
| White sugar/caster sugar |
¾ cup |
|
Dark corn syrup |
½ tsp |
| Vanilla Paste/essence/powder |
2 tsp |
|
Eggs |
2 pieces |
| Baking chocolate chips |
1 cup |
|
Walnuts (chopped) |
1 cup |
Method of Preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 180˚C.
- Sift the flour, cocoa, soda and salt together into a large mixing bowl using a drum sieve.
- In another large mixing bowl, use a handheld electric mixer to cream the butter with the brown, white sugar and corn syrup. Add the vanilla.
- Add the egg one at a time. Beat well. The mixture will look like it is curdling however continue to mix.
- Put the dry mixture into the butter, sugar & egg mixture and mix in with the spatula, until everything is just combined.
- Add the chocolate chips, walnuts and give the dough another quick mix.
- Using two tablespoons drop even sized dough balls on to a baking paper-lined baking sheet/tray and bake for 12 minutes until the tops are set.
- Cool on a wire rack, Enjoy warm with a cup of milk!
- Cool completely before storing in an airtight container.
