Almond Joyfuls
Ingredients
Instructions
- To prepare oven, baking sheets: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Lightly grease 2 baking sheets or line with parchment.
- Set aside.
- To make dough: In medium-sized mixing bowl, cream together butter, sugar, salt, almond extract, coconut extract and almond paste.
- Add egg, beating until fairly smooth.
- Stir in coconut.
- Stir in flour.
- To bake cookies: Drop dough by tablespoonful onto prepared baking sheets.
- Using fingers, gently flatten each cookie to about 2 inches in diameter.
- Bake for 14 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.
- Remove from oven.
- Transfer to rack to cool.
- To make icing: In small saucepan set over low heat or in micro-wave, melt together chocolate chips, corn syrup and butter, stirring until smooth.
- Dip top of each cooled cookie in icing.
- Transfer to rack.
- Sprinkle each cookie with almonds.
- Cook's note: To toast almonds, place nuts on sheet pan in single layer.
- Toast in 325-degree oven for 8 minutes or until fragrant and golden brown.
- (Note: Remove from oven when a shade lighter than you want; nuts continue to cook a bit as they cool.
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Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
1083
kcal
54% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).