Thursday, December 16, 2010

Triple Chocolate Almond Cookies



Triple Chocolate Almond Cookies 
Christmas is just around the corner and there are parties and celebrations everywhere.  Of course, it’s also the time of the year we love to indulge in some wonderful cookies, lots of cookies, that is.  My mother-in-law signed up to attend a cookie exchange party and she asked me to help her bake up 7 dozens cookies!  Oh yes, 7 dozens, it was already a cut down from 10 dozens since some people couldn’t attend after all.  I’m happy and honored that my mother-in-law thought of me as soon as she knows she have to bake up some cookies to bring to the party.  :)


Triple Chocolate Almond Cookies

It was fun to make these cookies, packaged them, and taste tested them along the way!  The whole house smelled wonderful and it felt much more like home with the sweet smell of chocolate and cookies coming out of the oven!  The best part is, I got to enjoy some extra ones.  The picture below is the raw cookie dough waiting to be baked from the “assembly line" of my kitchen!

Triple Chocolate Almond Cookies

Ta-dah..…now they’re cooling off on the rack.  They’ll all jump into the beautiful holiday take-out boxes (or my tummy) soon!

Triple Chocolate Almond Cookies

These Triple Chocolate Almond Cookies are really wonderful.  They are crunchy outside and a little bit chewy inside.  They have great chocolate and almond flavor in every bite.  The almonds give it a nice nutty flavor and extra crunch.  Everyone loves them.  I’ve brought them to many different parties before and people always asked me for the recipe after they’ve tried them.  It’s really impossible to have just one!  Luckily, each batch makes 48 cookies so there are plenty to share and to indulge together.  Hope you all will make some and share with your family this holiday season. 

Triple Chocolate Almond Cookies

Sorry, just can’t help but bite into one when I was shooting these pictures.  They are too delicious!  :P  Guess I’ll be (happily) gaining weight this holiday season.

Triple Chocolate Almond Cookies

Happy Holidays everyone.  Hope you’ll all have a wonderful time with your family and love ones.


Triple Chocolate Almond Cookies






Triple Chocolate Almond Cookies: Printable Recipe
Makes 48 cookies
2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups (2 1/2 sticks) salted butter, softened to room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 cup firmly packed dark or light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon instant coffee
1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup sliced almonds


Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugars on medium high speed until light and fluffy.  Add the egg, vanilla and instant coffee.   With the mixer on low, add the flour mixture and continue mixing until just combined.
Add the chocolates and almonds, mix until combined. Using two tablespoons or a small ice cream scoop, drop the dough two inches apart on sheet pans lined with parchment paper.  Bake for 15 minutes.
Cool the cookies on the cookie sheets over a wire rack. The cookies should be very soft when they are just out of the oven. They will firm up as they cool.


By the way, I just submitted this recipe @ Kitchen Corner's December Cook Off.  If you're interested to learn more about the Cook Off, here's the link and there will be voting later on.


17 comments:

  1. just a thought... it would be nice if you have a "Printer Friendly" print button, so i can print out the recipe part with pictures only ;) btw, your picture looks really nice... mouth watering =P

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  2. @ Anonymous: Thank you for your suggestion! I'll make that happen! ;) Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving a suggestion and comment! Have a wonderful day!

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  3. They look delicious. I just bookmark this page in my recipes folder and when I'm ready to bake them I put my computer on the counter and refer to the recipe that way. Yours will definitely be bookmarked. Love your photos too.

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  4. These cookies are beautiful. Thanks for the recipe..and another gorgeous post...your blog is so visually appealing, my friend!
    Lorraine xo

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  5. @ Donnie: Thank you for your comment. In fact, I do exactly the same thing when I test out recipes. It's convenience to have the laptop on the counter top. I can mark down whatever changes/adjustments I made on a recipe and save that on file for future references. :) Paperless=save some trees!

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  6. @ Lorraine: You're most welcome and thank you, again! :) Really glad you like my posts.

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  7. Amy, thanks for your comments on my post and I just wanted to stop back by and say that I'm thrilled to hear about your grandma...Praise God!

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  8. These sound absolutely scrumptious!

    Thank you for linking up for the Holly Bloggy Christmas Recipe Party. I'm featuring some of the recipes from the party on my blog later this week, and I've chosen your recipe to feature. Come by and grab my featured button if you'd like one!

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  9. Such beautiful clicks..Love the choco cookies for the very obvious fact that they have loads of chocolate in them :)Thanks for stopping by!

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  10. Oh, wow! Triple Chocolate Almond Cookies! Does it get any better that this? I have perused several of your posts and enjoyed coming by to meet you! Sweet place you have here!

    Kindly, Lorraine

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  11. Oh yum. The more chocolate, the better the cookie I say.

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  12. Triple chocolate cookies are awesome! To add almonds is even great!

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  13. These looks wonderful - Thanks for linking to my Ultimate Cookie Exchange.

    Susan,
    http://entertainexchange.blogspot.com/
    Party and Entertaining Inspiration

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  14. OOO Looks great! Thanks for linking up to Themed Baker's Sunday at Cupcake Apothecary!
    Alyssa

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  15. @Alyssa: Thank you for your comment and thank you for hosting the linky party! :)

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    1. Thanks. This is one of my family's favorite. Very easy to make and delicious.

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