Halfway through making these Almond Joy Cookies I remembered my vow to not eat any desserts in April. Whoops. I am going to try not to eat many of these and to give most of them away.. but they’re already calling out my name in the middle of the night.
This recipe was emailled to me by a rachelleb.com reader, Tara A. Big thanks to Tara - the cookies came out as delicious as you promised! The recipe is as follows:
Almond Joy Cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
4 eggs
4 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
5 cups semisweet chocolate chips
2 cups flaked coconut
2 cups chopped almonds
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt, stir into the creamed mixture until well blended. Finally, stir in the chocolate chips, coconut and almonds. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Makes 48 cookies.
16 responses so far ↓
1 mom // Apr 3, 2004 at 9:46 am
Almond Joy Cookies? YUM ! Two of my favorite things… Dark Chocolate & Coconut !
2 tien // Apr 3, 2004 at 10:44 am
holy shit. those look really, really good. any chance you’re going to mail some?
and isn’t that such a cool glass everyone? i think so.
3 ChrisM // Apr 3, 2004 at 11:21 am
Hi Rachelle.
Just knowing your gone makes it not the same around NYC, but you seem to be getting in the swing in Chicago, but those trains dont run 24*7, that must put a crimp in things a little bit.
I’m thinking just like Tien. I cna email you my home address if you want to avoid chowing down on all those cookies by mailing some to me!
4 rachelleb // Apr 3, 2004 at 11:25 am
the trains DO run 24×7
5 Jeff // Apr 3, 2004 at 1:24 pm
What a wonderful thing to wake up to…now im hungry…send some to queens
6 scott // Apr 3, 2004 at 2:12 pm
i’m not far. i’ll be right over!
7 Linus // Apr 3, 2004 at 5:25 pm
Cookies. Mmmm, cookies.
8 jeannette // Apr 3, 2004 at 8:19 pm
YUM!! you’ve got some fancy kind of drying rack, too! sure different from when you were in ny without a baking sheet.
this is making my hungry!!
tien - that IS a cool glass. so pretty!
9 Richard // Apr 3, 2004 at 11:10 pm
are there going to be any cookies left when we come to visit tomorrow?
10 rachelleb // Apr 4, 2004 at 3:07 am
yes, and you’ll be taking some home with you too!
11 adam // Apr 4, 2004 at 3:59 am
wow. I am jealous..and so hungry for cookies..
12 Tara // Apr 4, 2004 at 6:25 am
Glad you liked the cookies! They are yummy!!
13 astrid // Apr 5, 2004 at 4:15 pm
Actually… trains do NOT run 24×7 to all locales in Chicago. Apparently folks that live off the 54/Cermak blue line don’t need to go anywhere on the weekends, when that line doesn’t run at all. My family and I were trapped in Pilsen on Saturday night — we were even told “cabs don’t come here.”
14 tom p // Jul 12, 2006 at 8:37 am
i love cookies
15 Danica Ponce // Dec 10, 2006 at 9:02 pm
I’m an aspiring chef from the philippines and I tried your recipes and It becomes a sure hit to my nephews and I make money out of it. Is it okey if I ask for more recipes from you. You can just post iton my email add. Thanks. Danica
16 Alyssa Marie Cariaga // Dec 10, 2006 at 9:09 pm
Hellow to my friends!!! Neri Anne, Jomadel, Candy, Roam, Danica, Celine, Shiena, Rowena, Roselyn, Bachoy and Porky. Our Team in Dessert Merchandising Tried your decadent cookes and It’s mouthwatering. Thank you!!! Mabuhay.
Merry Christmas and HAppy New Year. Get it!!!
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