Bakers Germans Sweet Chocolate Chunk Cookies Recipes

BAKER'S GERMAN'S SWEET CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Chop half the chocolate; set aside. Melt remaining chocolate as directed on package.
• Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; mix well. Blend in melted chocolate. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing well after each addition. Stir in coconut, nuts and chopped chocolate.
• Drop heaping tablespoonfuls of dough, 2 inches apart, onto baking sheets.
• Bake 10 min. or until cookies are puffed and feel set to the touch. Cool on baking sheets 1 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

ORIGINAL BAKER'S CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Mix flour, baking soda and salt until well blended; set aside. Beat margarine and sugars in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; mix well. Gradually add flour mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in chocolate and walnuts.
• Drop heaping tablespoonfuls of dough, 2 inches apart, onto baking sheets.
• Bake 11 to 12 min. or until lightly browned. Cool 1 min.; remove to wire racks. Cool completely.

EASY GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line baking sheets with a silicone baking mats or parchment paper.
• Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat butter, brown sugar, white sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add flour mixture to butter mixture, 1/4 cup at a time, until dough is well-combined. Gently stir chocolate chunks, coconut, and pecans into dough. Scoop dough in 1-inch balls onto prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are set, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool completely.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar together with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the egg and vanilla until smooth.
• Reduce the speed to low and beat in the flour mixture. Add coconut, chocolate and pecans and mix to just combine.
• Portion the dough in 2 tablespoon scoops and roll them into balls. Place them on parchment-lined baking sheets, at least 2 inches apart. Bake the cookies until dry on top but still soft in the center, about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and immediately tap the sheets against a work surface to deflate them slightly. Let the cookies sit on the sheets for 3 minutes, then transfer them to a rack to cool completely.

BAKER'S ORIGINAL GERMAN SWEET CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Coconut-Pecan frosting (recipe follows).
• Oven at 350ºF.
• Melt chocolate in water, cool.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Beat in egg yolks.
• Stir in vanilla and chocolate.
• Mix flour, soda, and salt.
• Beat in flour mixture, alternately with buttermilk.
• Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form; fold into batter.
• Pour batter into three 9-inch layer pans, lined on bottoms with waxed paper.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until cake springs bake when lightly pressed in center.
• Cool 15 minutes; remove and cool on rack.
• Frost cake.
• COCONUT-PECAN FROSTING.
• Combine evaporated milk, sugar, slightly beaten egg yolks, butter or margarine and vanilla in saucepan.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened. Remove from heat.
• Stir in shredded coconut and chopped pecans.
• Cool until thick enough to spread.
• Makes 4-1/4 cups.

ONE-BOWL BAKER'S CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt 1 package of chocolate in microwave on MEDIUM 3-4 minutes.
• Stir until chocolate is melted and smooth.
• Add butter, brown sugar, eggs, flour and baking powder and mix well.
• Coarsely chop second package of chocolate and stir to mixture along with nuts.
• Drop by heaping spoonful onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350°F for 12-13 minutes.
• Cool for 1 minutes.
• Transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
• Store in airtight container.

BAKER'S GERMAN'S SWEET CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Cover bottoms of 3 (9-inch) round pans with parchment; spray sides with cooking spray. Microwave chocolate and water in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 to 2 min. or until chocolate is almost melted, stirring after 1 min. Stir until chocolate is completely melted.
• Beat egg whites in small bowl with mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form; set aside. Combine flour, baking soda and salt. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each. Blend in melted chocolate and vanilla. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating until well blended after each addition.
• Add egg whites; stir gently until well blended. Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake 30 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Immediately run small spatula around cakes in pans. Cool cakes in pans 15 min. Remove from pans to wire racks; cool completely.
• Prepare Coconut-Pecan Filling and Frosting http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/coconut-pecan-filling-frosting-51053.aspx ; spread between cake layers and onto top of cake.