Description
These High Altitude German Chocolate Cookies offer an irresistible combination of rich chocolate, chewy pecans, and coconut flakes. Perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth or for sharing with friends, they are quick to prepare and packed with flavor.
Ingredients
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- ¾ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp dark brown sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 large egg (both yolk and white)
- 1 large egg yolk (save the extra white for another use)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, fluffed, spooned and leveled
- 6 tbsp unsweetened dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 1 ½ tsp corn starch
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- ¾ tsp coarse kosher salt
- ½ cup dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup pecans, roughly chopped
- ½ cup natural, unsweetened coconut flakes
- ¼ cup english toffee bits
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat, then remove from heat.
- Mix the melted butter with granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, egg, and egg yolk in a large bowl until smooth.
- In another bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, corn starch, baking soda, and salt.
- Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients with a wooden spoon until just combined. Cool for 10 minutes.
- Add chocolate chips, pecans, coconut, and toffee bits to the cooled dough, mixing with your hands to incorporate.
- Using a scoop, portion the dough into 18 equal balls and flatten slightly into disks. Cover with plastic wrap.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Bake 6 cookies at a time for 8-9 minutes, ensuring the centers remain slightly underdone. Cool on the pan for 2 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
- For perfectly round cookies, use a round cookie cutter immediately after baking. Store in an airtight container.
Notes
Let the dough cool to prevent chocolate chips from melting into the mixture.
For a festive look, add extra toppings to the cookies just after baking.
Store baked cookies in an airtight container to maintain freshness.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 170
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 80mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 21g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 25mg