Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies

These cookies have a perfectly balanced texture. They are tender on the inside and crunchy on the outside. They are absolutely delightful to eat and so cute to look! If you don’t want to go for all this decoration, you can very well just mix the chocolate chips and walnuts in the cookie dough and save yourself a lot of time. However, I feel that decorating these cookies do bring out the flavor in them. You get a chocolate chip in every bite and then the center has a big whole walnut! You can bake these and gift them to your friends and family. After all they do look store bought! 

If you start researching on Chocolate Chip cookies, you will find that all the recipes are not so different from each other. There will be a difference in amount of flour and sugar, or perhaps the nuts (Pecans instead of Walnuts). Some even use Milk chocolate chips instead of regular ones. But believe me the whole process of baking and decorating the cookies, do have a big impact on the flavor. 

So, give this recipe a try and don’t forget to share with friends and family. After all, who can say no to these beautiful cookies. In the meantime, I am just going to go and grab another one for myself. Believe me I am trying to control but these cookies are yummylicious. I think I will just bake a separate batch for my friends!

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Ingredients:

• Unsalted Butter – ½ cup
• White Sugar – ½ cup 
• Brown Sugar – ½ cup, packed 
• Egg - 1 
• Vanilla Extract - 1 teaspoon 
• All-Purpose Flour – 1 ½ cups 
• Baking Soda – ½ teaspoon 
• Hot Water - 1 teaspoon 
• Salt – ¼ teaspoon 
• Semisweet Chocolate Chips - 1 cup 
• Whole Walnuts - about a cup 

Preparations first:

• Place the Butter in the stand mixer bowl for an hour to let it soften up
• Measure all the ingredients and put them aside.
• Place the Egg on the kitchen counter to bring it to room temperature.
• Sift the White Sugar and Flour to remove any lumps.

Directions:

• Cream together the Butter, White Sugar and Brown Sugar until smooth. 
• Beat in the Egg.
• Stir in the Vanilla Extract. 
• Dissolve Baking Soda in hot water. 
• Add to batter along with Salt. 
• Stir in flour.
• Refrigerate for half an hour (this will help the butter to harden up a bit thus making it easier to form into shape).
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. 
• Roll into balls and arrange on the baking sheet lined with parchment. Make sure to leave some space between the cookies.

Tip: If you have kids helping you, this is a good time to ask them to make the balls and decorate.

• Decorate with Chocolate Chips and Walnuts (Note: You can also mix the toppings in the cookie dough if you want to save some time but see how cute they look!)

• Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are nicely browned. 

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