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Overhead view of German Chocolate Cookies in a bowl

German Chocolate Cookies

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  • Author: Megan Keno
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 12 minutes
  • Total Time: 27 minutes
  • Yield: 24 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baked
  • Cuisine: American

Description

Chocolatey, airy cookies with the perfect mix of coconut, chocolate, and pecans.  These will be a hit for years to come!


Ingredients

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  • 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 large egg, at room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose white flour
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch process cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 2 cups sweetened coconut flakes
  • 1 cup lightly toasted and cooled pecans, coarsely chopped
  • 4 ounces German’s sweet chocolate, coarsely chopped

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Place the butter and sugar in the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle and mix until smooth and creamy.
  3. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the egg and vanilla, one at a time, mixing well between additions.
  4. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt and mix until everything is well incorporated.
  5. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the coconut, pecans and chocolate and mix again.
  6. Drop the dough by heaping teaspoons about 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheet. Alternatively, you can roll the dough into a log (see boxed copy, page 00).
  7. Transfer to the oven and bake until the underside of the cookie begins to firm up, 10 to 12 minutes.
  8. Cool on the cookie sheet. Transfer to a wire rack and repeat with the remaining dough.