Chocolate-Almond Bites
2 C all-purpose flour
1/2 C unsweetened cocoa
2 sticks unsalted butter at room temperature (2 sticks = 1 C = 1/2 lb)
1/2 C granulated sugar
1 t vanilla extract
1/4 t salt
1 C toasted almonds, finely chopped
1) Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a baking sheet. On to a sheet of wax paper, sift flour with cocoa. In a large bowl, with electric mixer on high beat butter, sugar, vanilla, and salt until pale and creamy. Beat in flour mixture, then almonds.
2) Shape heaping teaspoonfuls of dough into balls and arrange on baking sheet. Bake 20 to 25 minutes, or until firm. Cool briefly on the sheet before transferring to a rack. Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
One thing I like about this recipe is that it's not very sweet; I don't have to half the sugar like I normally do for recipes. I think this freezes reasonably well in case you want to make it a couple of weeks before you need them.
Good as that cookie is, some of you are actually waiting for the following: stollen!
Hope you'll try making the cookie or stollen. :)
I am going to be taking a blogging break for a bit. I've signed up for a writing class again this January/February, and that will eat up any spare minutes I have left in the day. See you back here sometime mid to late February...unless I have some fabulous news I want to share. LOL!
Wishing all my dear blogging friends a wonderful holiday season with your loved ones!
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." ~ Douglas Adams
11 comments:
Oh I am going to try that stollen! That looks so yummy. I've never heard of chocolate almond bites either. Hopefully I won't eat the dough before the stollen is done baking. Lol!
Hope you're having a wonderful holiday season, Teresa...despite your two obstacles recently.
Lots of love and hugs...and biggest kisses and furry hugs from Quincy!
Michelle, Mocha, Quincy and Emma
Of course I'm lusting after that cookie recipe, I am a mini cookie monster... my butt will tell you. LOL! You spoil us with all of your yummy recipes.
Have a great holiday and have fun in your writing class!
Stopping by to wish you a very Merry Christmas!!
Thanks for the cookie recipes! I hope you have a wonderful break from blogging and tons o' fun writing! Where is the class at?
Have a wonderful holiday season yourself T! Have fun writing, see you next year.
I'm going to have to add that to my neverending supply of cookie recipes. Thanks!
Yum! I'm going to have to go make those cookies right now!! And the stollen, wow! As if it's not enough to make your own almond paste, I'm so impressed that you made your own candied citrus peel! You are amazing!
Good luck with your class. These almond cookies sound good to me--I don't like too-sweet cookies either.
Good luck with your writing classes! Maybe you can use some of the material from the writing classes on this blog so you don't have to take too long of a break =) Best of luck in 2011; may it be insanely profitable for you in every way that matters: family, friends, love and laughter.
Yum! Thanks for sharing. :D
Lots of luck in your class!!!
Oh, sure! Just when I re-enter the blogging world, you take a break from it. See how you are!
As for the cookies, I may have to try making a GF version of the almond ones. They look delicious!
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