Made these German brown sugar cookies with black walnuts this week. The recipe calls for a whopping cup of black walnuts. Have you ever had black walnuts? They are the kind that grow in Missouri, not the English walnut with the smooth shell you see in stores during the holidays. English walnuts are what is used in most store-bought cookies that have walnuts. Black walnuts have a much more distinct flavor. In fact, if you have never had them, I would imagine a person would find them too potent on their first taste. But, once you acquire a taste for black walnuts, you become crazy for their unique taste. They are so real, so Misssouri, so old-school American natural flavorful non-generic what you picked as a kid and what your grandparents and their grandparents ate - just right.
This recipe seemed old in a good way to me. Butter, brown sugar, vanilla, flour, backing soda, salt and nuts. That’s it. Sounds like something Laura Ingalls Wilder would have made.
And, sometimes simple ingredients can make for the most flavorful, interesting recipes. These cookies are crunchy and very, very tasty. I love them. Everyone did. I made them for my folks who were visiting and they were 100% crazy for them, too. We sat by the woodstove eating these cookies and feeling very treated and content.
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