Looking for Recipe: German Divinity Cookie with Chocolate and Walnut Chips

[sorcery_doodles_05]

250g flour (I used

Thanks for posting! Was there a type of flour?

 

[Dugoshi]

Cream 1 pound shortening, and 1 pound powdered sugar; add pich of salt and 1 teaspoon Vanilla; then add 2.5 cups flour; then chopped walnuts or pecans.
Form into 2 long logs; wrap and freeze. Slice 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick
bake 375 until bottoms are lightly broned.

 

[HeatherLynn]

The white cookie with nuts looks exactly like an Italian weeding cookie we call them sometimes referred too as divinity cookies I have seen please Google the Italian weeding cookie I actually have some now

 

[lobecm]

Hello, I am looking for a recipe for my all time favorite childhood cookie and am having no luck. We called it a Divinity cookie and I think it was maybe German. It was like a whipped shortbread maybe, was white and domed like a plop of half circle. It was crisp but light and airy with tiny chocolate chips and maybe walnut chips but the unique thing about it was the outer layer was a soft ??? I don't know how to describe it?. I don't think it was rolled in anything, I think it just came out that way, it was a layer of soft fluff that stuck to my fingers. I hope this makes some sense to someone out there. lol Thanks for any help and for taking the time to read this.

Hello. I've been trying to find those cookies too. My childhood favorite. Last time was a little bakery in truckee in ca

 

[lumbn97]

I can't wait to try the recipe above! I was entertained by the initial commenter trying to explain to you that it was a meringue when it absolutely isn't. I've been searching for this cookie recipe since I was about 18 as I love the divinity cookies (which we know aren't really divinity) from Pike Place Bakery and no longer live where I can go visit them as often as I'd like.

 

[Kpow]

I can't wait to try the recipe above! I was entertained by the initial commenter trying to explain to you that it was a meringue when it absolutely isn't. I've been searching for this cookie recipe since I was about 18 as I love the divinity cookies (which we know aren't really divinity) from Pike Place Bakery and no longer live where I can go visit them as often as I'd like.

Let us know how they turned out!

 

[Peggy]

You are exactly right. Most well kept secret. I figured the internet would break the closed lipped, but no luck.

I just started searching for a recipe.for this cookie recipe. My grandma would treat me an “Angel” cookie aout seventy five years ago from Ramona’s Bakery in San Pedro, California. Yes, I’m old, 2 months until I’m eighty. Unfortunately I haven’t found a recipe but our local bakery, Schatts in Carson City, Nevada does sell them. I’m still looking for the recipe but since they are sold by the pound I’ll treat myself occasionally when I go down the mountain. Carson City is twenty minutes from Lake Tahoe.

 

[Kpow]

I just started searching for a recipe.for this cookie recipe. My grandma would treat me an “Angel” cookie aout seventy five years ago from Ramona’s Bakery in San Pedro, California. Yes, I’m old, 2 months until I’m eighty. Unfortunately I haven’t found a recipe but our local bakery, Schatts in Carson City, Nevada does sell them. I’m still looking for the recipe but since they are sold by the pound I’ll treat myself occasionally when I go down the mountain. Carson City is twenty minutes from Lake Tahoe.

Peggy try my recipe above! It’s very simple and I think spot on. Just be sure not too bake them too hot or too long! Please let me know if you try it. My grandmother used to buy angels cookies for me as well <3

 

[sorcery_doodles_05]

I've cracked the code! These are exactly as I remember.

Recipe as follows,

Ingredients:

Chocolate Chip Angel Cookies

240g organic palm oil shortening


340g powdered sugar


250g flour (I used


3-4g salt


2g vanilla


50g choc chips (you can use up to 100g but I prefer less)





Directions:

Cream shortening and powdered sugar together well in a mixer


Add vanilla and salt and mix again


Add flour in batches mixing well in between


Fold in chocolate chips





Scoop onto cookie sheet with 2 tbs cookie scoop


Chill for 20 min while oven preheats to 325


Bake for 20 minutes (they will still be pure white, only the undersides should be the lightest golden)


Remove from oven and let sit on cookie sheet for 5 more minutes


Move to cooling rack and let cool completely (this will take a while and they may seem undercooked)

It is crucial to bake with the low temp and not overcook them!

Enjoy!!

Yep! Absolutely perfect. Airy, consistency, taste identical!

piggybacking off of your recipe:

Chocolate Chip Angel Cookies (Divinity)

Ingredients:
240g organic palm oil shortening
340g powdered sugar
250g flour (I used pastry flour)
3-4g salt
2g vanilla
100g choc chips

Directions:

1. Cream shortening and powdered sugar together well in a mixer
2. Add vanilla and salt and mix again
3. Add flour in batches mixing well in between
4. Fold in chocolate chips
5. Scoop onto cookie sheet with 2 tbs cookie scoop
6. Chill for 20 min while oven preheats to 325
7. Bake for 20 minutes (they will still be pure white, only the undersides should be the lightest golden)
8. Remove from oven and let sit on cookie sheet for 5 more minutes
9. Move to cooling rack and let cool completely (this will take a while and they may seem undercooked)

It is crucial to bake with the low temp and not overcook them!

*Notes*

• 9/13/25
  • Chocolate chips are still gooey after a few hours and should be firm so next time try Nestlé Mini Morsels or Guittard Mini Chips.
  • I used these products:
    • OXO Good Grips Cookie Scoop, Large
    • Enjoy Life Foods Mini Chips, Dairy Free, Semi Sweet (9 oz)
    • Simply Organic Vanilla Extract, Pure Madagascar (4 floz)
    • Morton All-Natural Fine Sea Salt (17.6 oz)
    • Wegmans Enriched Unbleached Pastry Flour (5lb)
    • Wegmans Organic Pure Cane Powdered Sugar (16 oz)
    • Spectrum Culinary Shortening, Organic, All-Vegetable (24 oz)

 

[lumbn97]

I've cracked the code! These are exactly as I remember.

Recipe as follows,

Ingredients:

Chocolate Chip Angel Cookies

240g organic palm oil shortening


340g powdered sugar


250g flour (I used


3-4g salt


2g vanilla


50g choc chips (you can use up to 100g but I prefer less)





Directions:

Cream shortening and powdered sugar together well in a mixer


Add vanilla and salt and mix again


Add flour in batches mixing well in between


Fold in chocolate chips





Scoop onto cookie sheet with 2 tbs cookie scoop


Chill for 20 min while oven preheats to 325


Bake for 20 minutes (they will still be pure white, only the undersides should be the lightest golden)


Remove from oven and let sit on cookie sheet for 5 more minutes


Move to cooling rack and let cool completely (this will take a while and they may seem undercooked)

It is crucial to bake with the low temp and not overcook them!

Enjoy!!

These are them!! I was finally able to make them last night.

My main recommendation is to very gently roll the cookie and flatten slightly after scooping, before putting on the cookie sheet, to give the shape of the cookies we're looking for. These cookies don't budge AT ALL once baked and as you can see in my pics, without rolling and flattening they look like scoops of ice cream. First pic is batch 1 (on the left) just scooping and a few of batch 2 where I gently rolled and pressed down slightly. Second pic is batch 1. Third pic is batch 2 which is the right shape!

I think next time I make them I'll up the vanilla as 2g is pretty minimal. But texture, look, and taste were and my taste yesterday gave this rave reviews!!