Monday, June 10, 2013

White Chocolate Almond Orange Cookies

These cookies may sound a little strange but they are amazing. I am not a huge fan of white chocolate (it is not real chocolate in my opinion) but I love these cookies. This recipe makes a big batch. We lost count at around 55 cookies :)

Ingredients:
1 1\2 cups softened butter
1 1\2 cups sugar
1 1\2 cups brown sugar
4 eggs
3 tsp. vanilla
4 1\2 plus 4 TBS. all purpose flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 12oz. bag white chocolate chips
1 cup chopped almonds
the zest of 2 oranges

Preheat oven to 350. I always forget to do this that is why I am telling you first thing.












 In a large bowl beat butter and sugars till light and fluffy












Add eggs. By the way I learned how to crack eggs with one hand!! Isn't that exciting?!! :):P












and vanilla. Beat until well blended.

















In another bowl combine flour












and baking soda and salt












Gradually add to creamed mixture; beating well












In a food processor chop the almonds so that they go from looking like this













to this. Add to batter













zest the oranges. oooh I love the deep orange color of the zest. Add this to the batter.












Finally add the white chocolate chips












Stir everything well












Scoop into nice round scoops onto a cookie sheet.












Bake for 8 - 14 minutes or until the edges are just beginning to turn golden brown. I cooked mine for 9 minutes. Let them cool for a minute on the cookie sheet and then transfer them to a cooling wrack. These are supposed to be soft and chewy












ENJOY!!!!!!
By the way if your try these please let me know you did and what you thought of them. I would greatly appreciate that. :):)

5 comments:

  1. Ooh, yum! Those sound excellent!! By the way, learning how to crack eggs with one hand is very exciting, at least it was for me...

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  2. Oh good. I am glad it wasn't just me :):)

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  3. Looks good! I'm not a fan of white chocolate either! Really? You can crack an egg with one hand??? Wow!! I've never tried it! Sounds like something fun to learn! ;)

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    1. Yeah, I can crack them with one hand and not get any shells in whatever I am making. One time I saw a guy crack eggs with one hand and I was determined to learn how so after many egg shells in my food and egg yolk on my hand I learned how!!! Actually the guy I saw do it did it with two in one hand!! I think I will stick to one because his hands were a lot bigger than mine :)

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