Spiced Chocolate Walnut Cookies
These Spiced Chocolate Walnut Cookies are rich, chocolatey, and full of warm spices. Loaded with crunchy walnuts and a delicious chocolate flavor, these homemade cookies are perfect for holiday baking, cookie exchanges, or enjoying with a cup of coffee. Easy to make and full of cozy flavor, they’re a delicious treat for any occasion.
Ingredients
- 1 stick of butter at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 Tbsp. vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/3 cup unsweetened chocolate cocoa
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 Tsp. each cinnamon + nutmeg + cloves
- 1 Tsp. baking powder
- 1 Tsp. baking soda
- 1 cup powder sugar
Instructions
- Pre heat your oven to 375-degrees
- In a bowl cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add in the vanilla and egg and mix until well combined
- Mix the flour with the baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and cocoa powder
- Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and mix until well mixed. Then mix in the walnuts.
- Roll the cookie dough into tablespoon size balls. Roll in the powder sugar
- bake on a parchment lined cookie sheet for 10 -12 minutes.
Notes
Don’t overbake these cookies. Take them out when the edges are set but the centers still look slightly soft. They’ll continue to bake on the hot baking sheet and stay deliciously tender.