Cookie Recipes - Almond Chocolate Chip Cookies

 

Ingredients

• 1 2/3 cups/250 g all-purpose/plain flour

• 3/4 cup/125 g confectioners'/icing sugar

• 1 cup/250 g butter, softened

• 1 large egg yolk, lightly beaten

• 1 tsp almond extract/essence

• 1 cup/100 g finely chopped almonds

• 1/2 cup/90 g semisweet/dark chocolate chips

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 325°F/170°C/gas 3. Butter two cookie sheets. Sift the flour and confectioners' sugar into a large bowl.

2. With an electric mixer at high speed, beat in the butter and egg yolk until well blended. Mix in the almond extract, almonds, and chocolate chips.

3. Form the dough into balls the size of walnuts and place 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart on the prepared cookie sheets.

4. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until just golden. Cool on the sheets until the cookies firm slightly. Transfer to racks to finish cooling.