{"id":9950,"date":"2012-10-23T00:01:40","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T07:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/?p=9950"},"modified":"2020-06-06T12:22:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T19:22:38","slug":"cookie-time-chocowalnos-aka-german-chocolate-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/cookie-time-chocowalnos-aka-german-chocolate-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Cookie Time: German Chocolate Cookies aka Chocowalnos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Every Christmas, I find myself making the same cookies. For every other<\/em> holiday, it’s ok to add new dishes, but at Christmas, there\u2019s something comforting about tradition, about knowing that there will be snickerdoodles and chocolate crinkles and that my mom will probably send me a batch of candy cane cookies. But if tradition is just something you\u2019ve done more than once, these chocolaty, coconutty, walnut-studded “brownie meets German chocolate cake” cookies are going to be a new<\/em> holiday tradition.<\/p>\n

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Can I tell you? I don’t even like<\/em> German chocolate cake. It’s that ooey-gooey-gluey frosting between the layers — ick! What I do love is chocolate. And coconut. And in this case, walnuts. If I was doing this by the book, I s’pose they’d be pecans, but I like the slight bitterness of walnuts here, despite my longstanding opposition to nuts in cookies.<\/p>\n

Why are they called Chocowalnos? It sounds<\/em> like a cookie, doesn’t it? The alternative was German Chocolate Cookies, which while descriptive, is long. I briefly considered biting the style of \u00a0the”Better than Robert Redford,” dessert which I get, but I don’t, because I’ve never been into Robert Redford, not even in Butch Cassidy, let alone in Indecent Proposal or that one movie where Michelle Pfeiffer is a TV reporter. (I looked it up — Up Close and Personal, 1996). “Better than Ryan Gosling” cookies, anyone? \u00a0Right, Chocowalnos, it is.<\/p>\n

These little guys have the chewiness and chocolaty-ness of a good corner piece brownie. The best part is that they’re a cinch to make, no chocolate melting required (not that that’s difficult, it’s another dirty bowl\/pan). It’s just Hershey\u2019s Special Dark cocoa giving you that deep, dark chocolaty color and flavor. Well, that and a little bit of espresso powder. \u00a0Two batches passed with flying colors at OJ’s office and got a thumbs up from friends in Denver, so I’m sure Santa won’t mind a bit if you offer these up for Christmas Eve milk and cookies.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 11\/5\/12:<\/strong> I’ve entered these Chocowalnos in the LA Times Holiday Cookie Bake-off<\/a>. I know we’re all sick of hearing about elections by now, but I’d sure love your vote here<\/a>. \u00a0Thanks!<\/p>\n\t\r\n\t

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