I know what you’re thinking– no one likes nuts in their chocolate chip cookies! Why ruin a good thing? Well… listen up. Because I am about to share what is essentially the best oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe with you. And those nuts in the recipe won’t even be noticeable. Promise!
These cookies are absent butter, eggs and flour. The base of the cookies are ground-up walnuts and make them out-of-this-world amazing.
So, let’s chat about walnuts for a second. Did you know that about 99% of all walnuts produced in the United States are grown in California? Walnuts were first produced by Franciscan fathers and were known as “mission walnuts” in the 1700’s. The first Californian walnuts grown for commercial purposes were planted in the 1860’s in southern California. Production quickly spread north to the Central Valley, where California’s prime walnut producing region is today. Walnuts are now harvested on more than 225,000 acres and is expanding every year.
So, there you have it. You now know more about walnuts than you ever wanted. And now you need to know how good these walnut chocolate chip cookies are. So get baking!
