Almond Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chewy and thick chocolate chunk cookies are filled with loads of roasted almond slices and almond extract. An elevated version of a chocolate chip cookie!!

As of late, I have been obsessed with almond flavor desserts, like this orange chocolate frangipane tart, heaven. I knew I wanted to make some sort of almond cookies, but not with almond flour, I wanted good old gluten-y all-purpose flour. I remembered of a chocolate chunk cookie I saw on Instagram that had almond slices and chocolate, Ashely from Baker by Nature was the one who posted on Instagram so this recipe is inspired by her cookies.

For these cookies I used dark chocolate, I prefer dark chocolate over milk with almonds, but feel free to use milk chocolate. If you love chocolate and almond together check out my Almond Roca Recipe. You could use chips or chunks, or I take a nice quality chocolate bar and chop it up into chunks. I prefer this- then you get all kinds of shards of chocolate all throughout the cookie.

I prefer toasted or roasted nuts over raw. Luckily if you live by a Trader Joe's you can easily purchase a bag of Dry Roasted Sliced Almonds or you can make them- which is what I did in this recipe (See the photos below).

Although, I wanted this to be heavy on the almond I used vanilla extract as well, to me a chocolate chunk cookie is not complete without vanilla. I also used some Disarrano Liqueur, which is an almond liqueur, the alcohol cooks out but feel free to swap it with ½ teaspoon more almond extract.

Before baking, I also pressed some extra chocolate pieces and almond slices on top of each cookie dough ball, it not only looks pretty but visually explains what is inside the cookie.

Desserts with chocolate pieces are my favorite if you want a fancier dessert than just cookies try my Chocolate Chip Cheesecake recipe.

For another almond dessert check out my almond flour brownies recipe or almond flour banana bread.

Let's get to the recipe.

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• What are the ingredients
• How do you make Almond Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Can you freeze Almond Chocolate Chip Cookies
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What are the ingredients

• Roasted Almond Slices
• All-Purpose Flour
• Baking Soda
• Salt
• Cornstarch/ Cornflour
• Unsalted butter, at room temp.
• Granulated sugar
• Light Brown Sugar
• Large Egg
• Pure Vanilla Extract
• Pure Almond Extract
• Almond Liqueur, I use Disarrano 
• Chocolate Chips or Chunks ( I prefer chopping chocolate bars for a more melty, gooey chocolate)

How do you make Almond Chocolate Chip Cookies

We are going to start with roasting our almond slices, unless you have already bought roasted almonds if so, skip this step!

Preheat your oven to 350F/180C and place the almond slices on a small baking sheet. Bake them for 10 minutes, until lightly toasted, tossing halfway through.

Set almonds aside to cool.

On to the dry ingredients, in a medium-sized bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and cornstarch. Set aside.

For this recipe, we used softened butter. To rush the process of softening your butter I cut it into chunks to come to room temperature quicker.

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or large bowl with a hand-held mixer combine the butter and sugars. Mix on medium speed for around 3 minutes, until light and fluffy.

Stir in the egg, vanilla and almond extracts, and almond liqueur making sure to mix until fully combined.

Gently fold in dry ingredients then stir in the roasted almonds and chocolate chunks or chips.

Scoop 1.5 tablespoon size cookies, place them in an airtight container on a sheet pan covered in plastic wrap and place in the fridge to chill for 2 hours- 24 hours.

I prefer to add extra chocolate and almonds to the tops of each cookie dough ball, this is totally optional!

When ready to bake preheat oven to 350F/180C then place the cookie balls two inches apart on to a Silpat lined baking sheet. Bake the cookies for 11-13 minutes, until lightly golden brown.

Let the cookies cool on the sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Store at room temperature in an air-tight container.

Check out this post on my Cookie Baking Tips

Can you freeze Almond Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yes! If you want to freeze the cookie dough place the scooped cookie dough balls on a flat surface in the freezer, once frozen about 2 hours place into an air-tight container or ziploc bag.

If baking from frozen just add a minute or two to the bake time.

You can also freeze fully baked cookies, let them thaw on the counter for 20 minutes.

Fancy some more cookies? Try some of these delicious recipes:

• Chocolate-Dipped Butterfinger Cookies
• Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies
• Brown Butter White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies

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