Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies are chocolate chip cookies filled with walnuts and rolled oats that are based on DoubleTree cookies. Try my Soft Chocolate Chip cookies for a classic cookie without any nuts.
Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies {DoubleTree Copycat}
If you have checked into a DoubleTree Hotel, you have probably been given a delicious and warm chocolate chip cookie. The cookie has become their signature. In fact, you can even buy their cookies. But, why buy them when you can make your own batch of these walnut chocolate chip cookies? This is the recipe they recently released to the world! If you love nuts in cookies, be sure to also try my White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies, too!
Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients
Room Temperature Ingredients: For best results, make sure your butter and eggs are at room temperature. Butter needs to be at room temperature (65°F) for it to cream properly with the sugar.
Brown Sugar: Use light brown sugar. Light brown sugar contains about 3 1/2% molasses, compared to double that in dark brown sugar.
Chocolate Chips: Go with semi-sweet chocolate chips.
Walnuts: I love the added crunch and flavor the walnuts give these cookies. However, leave them out if you prefer.
How to Store Cookies
Store the leftovers in an airtight container, at room temperature, for up to 5 days. Wrap a cookie in a paper towel and warm it up in the microwave for 15-25 seconds for a just-baked type cookie.
Can I Freeze Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies?
Yes! With this recipe making such a large batch, it’s good to know that you can freeze the baked cookies OR the cookie dough. To freeze the cookies after they have been baked, let them cool completely. Place the cooled cookies on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and place them in the freezer for 1-2 hours. Remove from the freezer and store in a freezer-safe container for 3-4 weeks.
To freeze the dough, place the balls of dough onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Place the baking sheet in the freezer for 1-2 hours, or until the dough balls are completely frozen. Once frozen, transfer the dough to freezer-safe zipper bags. When ready to bake, simply bake as many of the cookies as you need from frozen. You may need to increase the baking time by 1-2 minutes.
Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies {DoubleTree Copycat}
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks / 227 g) butter, softened
- ¾ cup (150 g) granulated sugar, plus 1 tablespoon
- ¾ cup (150 g) light brown sugar, packed
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 ¼ teaspoons vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 ¼ cups (281 g) all-purpose flour
- ½ cup (45 g) rolled oats
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 pinch cinnamon
- 2 ⅔ cups (448 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 ¾ cups (205 g) chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter, sugar, and brown sugar on medium speed for about 2 minutes.
- Add eggs, vanilla, and lemon juice, blending with mixer on low speed for 30 seconds, then medium speed for about 2 minutes, or until light and fluffy, scraping down bowl.
- With mixer on low speed, add flour, oats, baking soda, salt and cinnamon, blending for about 45 seconds. Do not overmix.
- Remove bowl from the mixer and stir in chocolate chips and walnuts.
- Portion dough with a 3 tablespoon scoop about 2 inches apart onto the lined baking sheets.
- Bake for 20 to 23 minutes, or until edges are golden brown and center is still soft.
- Remove from oven and let cool on the baking sheets for about an hour before serving.
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I make a lot of your recipes. I am a weight watchers member and usually can figure out how to lighten the recipes so I can enjoy them without blowing my whole days points. My husband is also diabetic so I try to make things he can have also.. these look really good..Thank you.
The recipe I used had you process the oatmeal in a food processor.
I don’t like nuts, Is it a problem leaving them out
Hi, Teresa! I work with iambaker and am happy to help with questions. You can definitely leave out the walnuts. Have a wonderful day!
Thank-you from a Aussie who loves recipes with grams as well as sticks of butter thanks xxx
Made cookies I didn’t follow recipe I didn’t have enough choc chips so baked a tray tried them and bought some more choc chips baked another tray perfect I should have followed recipe so yummy thanks
I’m allergic to chocolate. I substituted toll house butterscotch chips. Unbelievable!! Absolutely delicious. Holidays we make both. 🥰
Why do you use lemon juice in these cookies?
I am curious about the lemon addition as well in this kind of recipe. 🤔
Wow. Amazing flavor and texture and really easy recipe. Only tweak I did was to use my immersion blender on the egg mixture before I added to the sugars and butter.
Really, really likes this recipe. I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, but my husband does. Thanks for this great recipe!