I had to revisit the almond cookie, I had a certain store bought cookie and thought “hey! I can make this!” So I did. And they turned out pretty darn good!
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons almond extract
- 2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup crushed almonds
- 1/3 cup chopped dark chocolate chips
- granulated sugar for decoration * optional
Directions
- In a large bowl, beat butter with 1/2 cup sugar and almond extract until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg. Then mix in the flour then add crushed almonds and chocolate stir till just combined.
- Refrigerate dough for at least an hour
- Preheat oven 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
- Roll a scant tablespoon of dough between your hands to form a ball, then flatten and place on a parchment lined cookie sheet
- Bake 10-12 minutes until just slightly golden brown, cool on a wire rack
*I froze some of the dough for a rainy day, and while it didn’t rain today, I did finish up baking the rest, and I think in hind site, instead of mixing the chocolate in the dough, I Think maybe rolling a few chunks of chocolate into each cookie would be nice. Something to try next time.
- Jaded
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I have to make these. Yum. Dang, I don’t have almonds, almond extract or dark chocolate chips. Have to get some. Quick question. What’s the best way to crush almonds?
I usually put the almonds in the ziplock bag and bash them with a frying pan or rolling pin! These are really yummy!!!!
I guess I should point out I buy the sliced almonds then crush those – if you get whole almonds chopping would be the way to go!