Give these Easy Dark Chocolate Walnut Cookies a try. Made with ground walnuts and just two tablespoons of flour, they have a unique texture that's rich and satisfying.
The combination of dark chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate chips makes them a real treat for chocolate lovers. They are elegant, decadent and perfect for gifting to friends and family. You cannot go wrong with them.
I like making homemade gifts, especially during the holidays, and I know for a fact that people enjoy receiving homemade goods.
I have multiple recipes on the blog that fit into this category of homemade goods great for gifting. My favorites are Apricot Pumpkin Bread, Lemon Bread with Lemon Syrup, or Apple Cranberry Chutney, to name just a few.
Ingredients Needed
- Dark Chocolate: Use a good quality dark chocolate bar and chop it finely.
- Unsalted Butter: Unsalted butter is the standard for baked goods unless the recipe is asking for salted butter. Most cookie recipes are made with unsalted butter.
- Large Eggs: They are standard for baking American recipes.
- Granulated Sugar: Provides sweetness to the cookies.
- Ground walnuts: Ground walnuts are the backbone of these cookies, together with a small amount of flour.
- Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
- All Purpose Flour
- Baking Powder
Note: If you are allergic to nuts or don't like them, this recipe is not for you. There are only two tablespoons of flour in this recipe. Someone asked me if this is a typo. No, it is not. The cookies are made with lots of walnuts that replace most of the flour in the recipe.
How To Make
Step 1. Preheat the oven.
Step 2. Melt chocolate with butter and beat eggs and sugar together.
Step 3. Combine the dry ingredients and add them to the eggs mixture, alternating with the chocolate.
Step 4. form cookies with an ice cream scoop and bake them on a cookie baking tray. (Full instructions on the printable recipe card)
Step 5. Transfer the cookies to a cooling rack to cool.
They keep well in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks. Freeze the baked cookies for up to three months.
Expert Tip
Make sure you bake them only for 12 -15 minutes, or just enough for the cookies to get a shiny look. Make sure you don't overbake them. The center should still be soft.
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📖 Recipe
Easy Dark Chocolate Walnut Cookies
Equipment
- Ice Cream Scoops, Cookie Scoops Set of 3
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups dark chocolate chopped
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- 3 large eggs
- ¾ cups sugar
- 2½ cups ground walnuts
- ⅔ cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- NOTE: If you want a completely different texture and taste you can replace the walnuts with ground almonds or peanuts.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F.
- Melt the chopped dark chocolate with butter on a double boiler. Mix well both ingredients to combine. Set aside to cool.
- Beat the eggs with the sugar until they double their volume.
- In a medium bowl, combine the ground walnuts, chocolate chips, flour, and baking powder.
- Add the mixture to the eggs alternating with the melted chocolate.
- The mixture has to look uniform in color and texture.
- Grab an ice cream scoop, or a tablespoon and form cookies, then place them on a cookie baking tray covered with parchment paper.
- Bake them at 350F/180C for 12-15 minutes maximum, just enough for the cookies to get a shiny look. Make sure you don't overbake them. The center should still be soft.
- Remove the tray from the oven and let the cookies sit on the tray for a few minutes until they cool down. Place them on a cooling rack to cool down completely.
- They keep well in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks. Freeze the baked cookies for up to three months.
Carol Steiner says
Really, just 2 Tablespoons flour? If I don't want nuts, do I adjust the ingredients?
The Bossy Kitchen says
Carol, yes, just 2 tablespoons flour and 2 cups ground walnuts. These are not regular chocolate chip cookies. Ground walnuts are the main ingredient. It says in the notes under the recipe that if you don't like the walnuts, you can replace them with ground almonds or peanuts.
Nancy says
Cookies look good, but....what are GROUNDED walnuts? Perhaps you mean GROUND. Also, I wonder if a cook can detect a "golden brown edge" on a dark chocolate cookie.
The Bossy Kitchen says
Hi Nancy, It was a typo, and I am glad you told me about it. I went back and corrected it. English is not my first language, and I know there is room for improvement. However, I hope you tried the recipe. The cookies should look shiny, like in the picture. I corrected that one too. Thanks for visiting.
Leenore says
I have bags and bags of ground walnuts. I cannot wait to try this recipe! Thanks!
Leenore says
I tried this receipe last night and these cookies taste amazing. It's almost like the crispy edges of a brownie. Outstanding recipe! Thank you.
Mama Stryker says
Delicious! We did add 1 teaspoon real vanilla.
Great recipe, ez to follow, rich dark flavour. 🌟
Next time going to try leaving out the whole chocolate chips.
J. Schuler says
I put this recipe together and it was incredibly wet. So instead of adding in the chocolate chips, I scooped a T of the batter into mini muffin cups (in a tin), baked them at 350 but for 18 minutes. I kept switching my tins from top to bottom during that time. They came out perfectly. I ran out of mini tins so I used a mini-Madeleine (silicone) pan I had also, putting in a bit less than a tablespoon. These I took out a bit earlier than 18 minutes. They not only came out perfectly, but have that little 'shell' design on one side, and will be perfect for guests with a sprinkle of confectioner's sugar.
The Bossy Kitchen says
So, no cookies at all? I like your creativity! However, I wonder why the batter was wet, as it shouldn't.
J. Schuler says
@The Bossy Kitchen,
I don't know! Usually I can read a new recipe and tell if it will turn out. I've been over and over the recipe; my daughters made it with me and we followed the recipe carefully. But we don't care! The taste of the mini muffins is fabulous and we plan to take them to a get together next week.
The Bossy Kitchen says
Awesome. I am glad you like the taste of them.