If you’re looking for cookies with plenty of WOW factor, then make a batch of Giant Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies! These cookies weigh in at a whopping 7 ounces each. Which means they’ll garner lots of attention at your next party.
This was my first attempt at making cookies this size, and there’s MUCH MORE dough to manage. I was inspired by the whopping size and delicious textures of the Levain Bakery cookies (can you blame me?). During mixing there were moments when I thought my KitchenAid was going simultaneously overflow and walk itself off the prep table. Once I remembered to lock the mixer head in place during operation, things went smoother. (Recommend!)
Weight the Dough for Consistency
I developed the recipe to use 4 cups of semisweet chips. But for the version you see pictured I replaced 2 cups with four bars of chopped Taza Gingerbread Cookie chocolate. This gave the cookies a touch of holiday flavor. Which was appreciated by all who tasted them.
I found easy work of portioning the dough by the level 3/4 cups, which on a scale consistently weighed 7oz. The dough is not sticky at all, so you can press the dough in a 3/4 measure and then tap it back out onto a baking sheet.
It’s hard to adequately convey the size of these Giant Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies in pictures with only milk bottles and like-sized cookies in the shot. So here’s a not-so-great cell phone pic of me holding a stack of just 5.
A full recipe makes 14 cookies, so be prepared to share the wealth!
The amount of chips and nuts to dough in these Giant Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies is just about perfect. Every bite offers a little of each in the baked cookies. I’m happy to say that all of the oohs and aahs weren’t just for their appearance, but also for their flavor!
Related Recipe: Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Giant Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 6 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons fine grain sea salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 lb. unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 cups walnut halves
- **Extra semisweet chips and walnuts optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Cover your largest baking sheet with parchment paper. I used 12×18 sheet cake pans.
- In an extra-large mixing bowl, combine the flours, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Whisk together until combined.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, place the butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar. Mix together on medium speed until fluffy. Scrape down bowl and return to medium speed; add eggs one at a time while the mixer runs. Add the vanilla extract.
- Add the flour mixture to the creamed butter mixture. Mix on low speed until the dough begins to come together. Add 4 cups chocolate chips and 2 cups walnuts to the batter. Mix again until the ingredients are well dispersed. The finished dough should not be sticky.
- Scoop cookie dough by the level 3/4 cups, or using a kitchen scale weigh dough into 7 oz. portions. Place 6 cookies well-spaced on 12×18 baking sheets, or 4 cookies on 10×15 sheets. Top each dough mound with extra chips and walnuts if desired (this is optional, but makes the cookies look yummy).
- Bake cookies for 20-22 minutes, or until they are fragrant and lightly golden around the edges. Let cool on pans 5 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.
- Store cookies in an airtight container.
I do a lot of baking and I can't wait to try this over the weekend. My favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe is from the "Back in the Day" bakery cookbook, but this one looks like it may be a contender! Your recipes are consistently very good. The sugar cookie recipe (from Sprinklebakes) is PERFECT for Christmas cookies, and your chocolate cake recipe (also from Sprinklebakes) is my family's all time favorite chocolate cake. Thank you for all of the effort you put into developing these recipes!
I love how large they are! Looks so delicious!
I saw a picture of these on Pinterest and had to try them! I've never made any big cookies before and outside of having to finish these by hand, they were so easy! They were beautiful,too. I took them took a friends house for a small Christmas get together and everyone ooh-ed and aah-ed over how they looked and raved about the taste! Thank you for making me look like a baking goddess!
Can you use all purpose flour for all 7 cups of flour?
Yes! The cookies will lose a little of their chewiness but they should still be delicious.
What does the wheat flour do for these cookies? You wrote if using all AP flour the chewy texture could be altered. I’ve never baked with wheat flour and if possible would like to stay away from it. Thank you.
Hi Lynn,
The whole wheat flour adds chewiness to the cookie. If you use all AP flour, then they won’t be as chewy.
Absolutely delicious cookie! Almost broke my stand ,icee but so worth it haha!
I made these today and they turned out great, though I did add 2 Tbs Cornstarch. I also only got 13 huge cookies with 2 oz of dough for a normal sized cookie.