Chocolate Chunk Almond Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 8 ounces baking chocolate, coarsely chopped or 8 ounces chocolate chips
• 1 1/3 cups slivered almonds (6 oz.) or 1 1/3 cups chopped almonds

Recipe

• 1 with an electric mixer cream the butter & sugar in a large bowl. add the eggs one at a time until well blended. add the almond extract.
• 2 in a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda, & salt. gradually beat flour mixture into the butter mixture until well blended. stir in chocolate chips & almonds.
• 3 drop cookies in heaping tablespoonfuls about 1-inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet & bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned.
• 4 let cookies cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
• 5 these cookies freeze well.