German Chocolate {Chip} Cookies
Rich dark chocolate cookies with pecans and coconut.
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Ingredients
- 1 3/4 C all-purpose flour
- 1/2 C dark cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 C 2 sticks unsalted butter
- 1/2 C white sugar
- 1 C packed dark brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste I used vanilla bean paste
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 2 eggs
- 2 C dark chocolate chips
- 1 C chopped pecans or 1 1/4 C pecan cookie pieces these are super finely chopped*
- 1 1/2 C sweetened coconut flakes
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 F
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt - set aside
- Cream together the butter and sugars until fluffy; add in the eggs and vanilla and mix until fully incorporated.
- Add in the dry ingredients one cup at a time, until all the ingredients are mixed; add in the dark chocolate chips, pecans and coconut - mix well.
- Using a cookie scoop, place the cookies (each about 1 Tbsp) a couple of inches apart on your cookie sheet.
- Bake 10 - 12 minutes (11 minutes was perfect for my oven)
Notes
* I prefer to chop my own pecans for these cookies so you get a good bite of pecan in each cookie. If you buy pecan cookie pieces that are very finely chopped, you'll want to up the 1 C to 1 1/4 C