A few weeks ago, in an attempt at a lockdown silver-lining, Hilton’s DoubleTree hotel released the official recipe for their famous front desk cookies. If you’ve ever stayed at a DoubleTree, you know that these cookies are the sweetest part of check-in. They’re warm & hearty, loaded with oats, chocolate chips, and nuts and they're downright delicious.

You can find copycat recipes floating around, but getting the official recipe straight from the source might have been the highlight of whatever Covid style Groundhog day that was. We had no choice but to make a batch.

These cookies are so good, they have an actual fanbase. You can even buy a tin of the them online, but there’s still no beating a warm, fresh cookie, so whip out the ingredients, if you got ‘em!

The recipe is easy to follow, we even improvised a little. We didn’t have walnuts, but pecans worked like a charm. Their version uses a larger cookie scoop (3 tbsp.), which makes for about 26 perfectly hefty sized cookies. Using our smaller 1.5 tbsp. scoop, we got a whopping 46 cookies out of this recipe! We knocked a couple minutes off the bake time to make up for the smaller size. And of course, we couldn’t let these cool for a whole hour (!?!) before diving in, like the recipe says. You can let them cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet, then move them to a cooling rack or straight to your face!

Since this makes a big batch of cookies, you can bake off however many cookies your heart desires, then scoop and freeze the rest on a baking sheet. Once they’re frozen solid, move them to an airtight bag in the freezer until the mood strikes again! They can go straight from the freezer to your preheated oven for 15-20 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.

Thanks for sharing your cookies, DoubleTree!