German Chocolate Cookies
Mar 22, 2025 01:58 AM
German chocolate cookies have all the elements of the classic cake, but in cookie form! The coconut and pecan filling works perfectly as a topping for chewy chocolate cookies.
Another cake-inspired cookie recipe, my German chocolate cookies have a lighter and slightly less intense chocolatey flavor with the traditional caramel-y coconut/pecan topping.
We lightly flatten the cookies after baking, which not only gives a nice flat surface for the topping but also compacts the cookies for a denser, chewy texture. The cookies will be cakier (in a not-so-good way) and seem more dry if you skip this step, so don’t.
Ingredients:
Topping
- 3 large egg yolks
- ¾ cup (177 ml) evaporated milk
- 6 Tablespoons (85 g) unsalted butter cut into 6 pieces
- ½ cup (100 g) light brown sugar firmly packed
- ¼ cup (50 g) granulated sugar
- ¼ teaspoon table salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup (94 g) toasted pecans chopped
- 1 ½ cups (120 g) sweetened shredded coconut
Cookies
- 1 cup (226 g) unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
- ¾ cup (150 g) light brown sugar firmly packed
- ½ cup (50 g) natural cocoa powder
- 1 large egg + 1 egg yolk room temperature preferred
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups (285 g) cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon table salt
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
20 minutes
Total Time:
40 minutes
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