Heath Walnut Cookies

For me the worst part about cooking is the clean up afterwards. It’s sheer torture. And as if I’m trying to make it harder on myself I always end up making a huge mess every time I cook. Fortunately, when I’m at my parent’s house grandma is quite the dish washer/counter wiper and Nika, the dog, is the most efficient vacuum/floor sweeper.  At my apartment though, I have neither grandma nor the dog to help me out. I do admit my boyfriend does do his fair share of clean-up but it’s not the same as the cleaning crew I have at my parent’s house. These cookies do require a bit of clean up, mainly because you’re using multiple bowls, cutting boards, measuring cups, etc. Yet I’ve made these twice already – the second time more enjoyable than the first because grandma had already cleaned everything up before I could even offer to help! That and the second time I just bought a bag of heath bar bits, whereas before I had manually chopped up each heath bar into tiny little pieces. I didn’t taste a difference in flavor and you do save yourself the risk of accidentally chopping off one of your fingers.

Recipe adapted from Simply Recipes

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

1  cup white sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 eggs, room temperature

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/2 cups heath toffee bits (11.2 ounces)

1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Directions:

1. In a bowl mix together heath bits and chopped walnuts.  In separate bowl sift together flour, salt and baking powder.

2. In a separate bowl beat together butter and sugar until combined. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until incorporated and vanilla.

3. Mix in heath/walnut and flour mixture, half of each at a time, until combined. Place cookie dough in refrigerator for 1 hour.

4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. On lightly greased cookie sheet scoop out 1 tablespoon sized cookie dough balls, placing them a couple inches apart.

5. Bake 10-12 minutes. Let cookies cool on sheet for a couple of minutes then remove.