01/13/2011

Salted Almond Cookie Experiments and Almond Joy Cookie

You know when you have Chinese food? And they serve you those almond cookies that are really flat kinda shinny on top and have a sliced almond on them? yeah those? Well i had a craving and i thought to myself why the hell not. Bake a little…

I was making these little devils for my cooking class but they turned out to be flat and chewy instead of the drier harder cookies that i was used to because i forgot my recipes at home like an idiot and couldn’t remember the flour ratio and baking you can’t make up in your head no matter how much you really want to…. its gonna taste alrite but looks well 13- 17 year old boys can over look anything and they asked if there were more 🙂

I think for the most part sometimes I should stick to my savory cooking. But fuck it why not if you don’t practice you’ll never get better.

Everyone has a bad day so i figured redeemed myself with these little monsters and they came out pretty bitchen. Their not exactly like those cookies that come in a wrapper but i think are a nice alternative to regular chocolate chip or oatmeal cookies.

I’d say they are a bit puffier because i didn’t smash them as much… mine didn’t crack because i didn’t want to cook them too long cause i was scared they were gonna get super dry. These are dry but not dried out. So id say these are kinda like almond sandies/chinese almond cookie hybrid? who knows. I liked the way they tasted. I also would of like to add chopped almonds to the cookie too.

Check out the pictures and see what you think. I also added some other stuff to them too which was mini chocolate chips and coconut cause i wanted an almond joy and i figured i could get a little of that action with this cookie too.

My savory cooking thought process is a mess when it comes to baking. Definitely two different things…

Easy cheap cookie that’s fun for those little extras or something different

Salted Almond Cookies

1 cup butter two sticks, softened
1/2 cup sugar
¼ cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 tablespoon almond extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup salted whole almonds or as many as you need to top the cookies
1 egg white
1/2 teaspoon water
1tablespoon of brown sugar

The way

Preheat

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy .

Beat in egg and extract.

Sift the flour, baking soda and salt in the other bowl

then slowly add to creamed butteryness. till its all mixed up and looks like this the texture is kinda milly but it comes together well it shouldn’t be too wet or crumble

I made 1/2 regular almond cookies and 1/2 almond joy cookies

For the almond joy cookies add about 1/2 cup of coconut flakes to batter and 1/4 cup of mini or regular chocolate chips mixed it together

and cooked em the same way. Crushed some of the almonds on top and put a bit of choc chips

Roll into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with palm of hand . Press almond in center or if you’d like coarsely chop almonds and roll press into tops.