German Chocolate Cookies!

I like German Chocolate Cake but lets be honest, it takes forever to make. So when I found this recipe I was excited to try it!! These are so yummy and have great flavor and texture! 

Try them:

German Chocolate Cookies

1/4 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/8 tsp salt

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

2/3 cup all-purpose flour 

2/3 cup rolled oats (old-fashioned)

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 cup chocolate chips

1/3 cup flaked coconut 

1/3 cup chopped pecans

Optional garnish: flaked coconut and chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In large mixing bowl, beat butter with electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add in the brown sugar, baking soda, and salt. Beat until well combined. Use spatula to scrape sides of bowl if necessary. Add egg and vanilla. Beat until combined. Add flour and beat in. Stir in rolled oats, flax seed meal, and the cocoa powder. Then stir in chopped chocolate (or chocolate chips), coconut, and toasted pecans.

Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. You can sprinkle tops with more chopped pecans and flaked coconut if you like. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until edges start to firm and tops are set. Let the cookies cool on the sheet for 1 minute. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Should make about 35 cookies (I got 32). Can keep 2 days at room temp or freeze for 3 months.

And only 84 calories per cookie!!!