Chewy Cocoa Nib, Walnut, Oatmeal Cookies

April 28, 2015

Chewy Cocoa Nib, Walnut, Oatmeal Cookies | Sarcastic Cooking

Whenever I bake cookies at home, I always sing the song, “It’s Cookie Time” from Troop Beverly Hills. It is one of my favorite movies of all time. It is right up there with Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter is Dead and High Fidelity. Yeah, I know, I like good and varied movies.

The first time I saw Troop Beverly Hills I was at a sleepover birthday party. We literally all stood up on top of our sleeping bags and did the Freddy along with Shelley Long. Then we went back to snuggling with our plush Troll babies with the little poof of hair and Puffalumps. BTW we were all maybe 12 years old.

I always think of this party as being on or around Halloween. You must be asking yourself, “Why is this party so memorable?” Is it because of the movie?”

No. It is because I hate Halloween as I have gone on and on about ever since year one of this blog and what happened at this sleepover is reason five hundred billion kajillion (yeah, kajillion) why I hate Halloween. (Maybe I should have saved this for closer to Halloween, oops!)

We were out doing some sort of birthday scavenger hunt. PS Parents of said girl, why did you let us barely teenagers go on a scavenger hunt when it was dark out? Anyway, we were split in two teams. When we were gathering the last item on the hunt, a few older boys lurked around a corner and started to run at us. Of course we took off running like a bunch of scardy cats. Who knows why these boys did that? But, then again, who knows why teenage boys do anything they do…

Well. Poor slow poke me, was the last of the herd. I swear I could hear the pounding footsteps behind me. Even the adrenaline and fear I felt could not propel me forward any faster. What is even sadder is that I ran track at the time and was probably in my almost peak physical condition.

Morals of the story; it sucks to be the slow one, eat as many cookies as you want because if adrenaline can’t make you run faster you might as well enjoy your life, and Halloween still sucks. Oh! And watch Troop Beverly Hills, if you haven’t yet.

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Chewy Cocoa Nib, Walnut, Oatmeal Cookies

Big, chewy oatmeal cookies studded with walnuts and cocoa nibs.
Prep Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Servings 2 Dozen

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
  • 1 cup packed light or dark brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup 50g granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 Tablespoon molasses
  • 1 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 and 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
  • 1 cup cocoa nibs
  • 1/2 cup chopped toasted walnuts

Instructions

  1. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and the sugars.
  2. Scrape down the sides. Add one egg at a time and beat for a minute in between each addition. Mix in the vanilla and molasses. Scrape down the sides as needed.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and cinnamon. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix on low until just combined.
  4. Add in the oats, cocoa nibs, and walnuts. Mix on low to combine.
  5. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for an hour.
  6. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper and set off to the side.
  7. Scoop out about 1 and ½ tablespoons worth of dough, roll into a ball, and then place on cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes until lightly golden on the edges. Let them sit on the cookie sheet for two minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
  8. Recipe adapted from Sally's Baking Addiction

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  • Kayle (The Cooking Actress)
    May 5, 2015 at 7:28 pm

    1-omg I love that movie and haven’t seen it in forever!
    2-THAT IS TERRIFYING! I would’ve been so scared!
    3-I lovelovelove these cookies. All the taaaasty stuff up in these is perfect

  • Jennie @onesweetmess
    April 30, 2015 at 10:06 am

    Now I need to drop everything and see that movie. Also, I need these cookies. Because, yum!

  • Sadye
    April 29, 2015 at 9:27 pm

    I remember having the Puffalumps … but most of the time I can never remember the actual name. So THANK YOU for this post, for the randomest of reasons.

  • Kathleen
    April 28, 2015 at 8:27 am

    1.) I remember seeing Troop Beverly Hills at a drive-in movie theater when I was about 12. 2.) High Fidelity should really be on everyone’s top 5 list.. John Cusack is movie gold, IMO. 3.) Love me some brunch. Can’t wait!