Almond Joy Chocolate Chip Cookies

By Gerry

**make sure to toast your almonds.. so much extra flavor is added to your nuts when you toast them:-) Spread them on a cookie sheet and stick it in the preheated oven for a few minutes. Stir occasionally and keep an eye on them because they will burn if you forget about them.

Ingredients

• 1 c. flour
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 1/4 sticks butter, room temp.
• 1/2 c. sugar
• 1/2 c. packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 2 tbsp. milk
• 1 c. oats
• 1 1/2 c. chocolate chips
• 3/4 c. coconut
• 1/2 c. toasted almonds
• 1 c. almond joy pieces

Details

Adapted from insidebrucrewlife.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350* Beat butter and sugars until creamy. Mix in egg, milk and vanilla and cream again. Slowly beat in salt, baking soda, and flour. Stir in coconut, oats, chocolate chips, almonds, and almond joy pieces by hand until combined. Drop dough by tbsp. onto a baking sheet at least 2 inches apart. Bake 12 minutes. Cool on sheet for 1-2 minutes then remove to waxed paper to cool the rest of the way. Store in an air tight container.