I'm not a baker. There. I said it. Oh, I do it, but it's something that I just don't usually enjoy. It's fiddly. It's picky. It's too exact. Baking requires specific measures and patience. Oh, there's the problem. Patience.
Not being a baker is a real disadvantage at this time of year. Everyone I know is baking cookies right and left and I'm kinda like...ehhh. I'll make some candy instead.
If I ever do bake cookies, it's something really easy to mix together and drop by spoonfuls. None of that chilling and slicing stuff for me. So when I saw this recipe recently on Facebook, I thought hmmm...maybe I could do that. This is one of those recipes that has been passed around so many hundreds of times that no one knows where it started. I wish I knew who to credit for it, but I have no idea. If you're reading this and find that it's your one-and-only, honest-to-goodness original recipe that no one else ever thought of before in the history of the world, please do let me know. I'll be happy to amend my post to credit your talent.
These really simple, easy to make Almond Joy Cookies are loaded with milk chocolate, coconut, and almonds. Just like the candy bar. I even enjoyed making these. Mix them up and drop them. Easy-peasy.
These Almond Joy Cookies are filled with milk chocolate, almonds, and coconut just like their namesake candy bar. Click To Tweet
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease cookie sheets.
Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars together. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Stir in the vanilla.
Stir the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until well combined.
Stir in the chocolate chips, coconut, and almonds.
Drop by rounded tablespoons onto the prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 9-12 minutes. If baking more than one cookie sheet at a time, switch places with the cookie sheets halfway through baking.
Cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. This recipe makes about 3 dozen.
Enjoy!
More holiday cookie recipes you might enjoy:
- Gingerbread Men Cookies from Brown Eyed Baker
- Brown Sugar Toffee Cookies from Two Peas and Their Pod
- Pumpkin Molasses Cookies from My Baking Addiction
- Potato Chip Cookies from Creative Culinary
Almond Joy Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup butter room temperature
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups about 12 oz. milk chocolate chips
- 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
- 1 cup chopped almonds
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease cookie sheets.
- Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars together. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Stir in the vanilla.
- Stir the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until well combined. Stir in the chocolate chips, coconut, and almonds.
- Drop by rounded tablespoons onto the prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 9-12 minutes. If baking more than one cookie sheet at a time, switch places with the cookie sheets halfway through baking.
- Cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Nutrition
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Tabitha says
Made these cookies today for my roommate's birthday. And, they were/are a BIG hit!! :). However, I adjusted the amts in the recipe a bit...I did not put all 12 oz of choc chips in as that seemed too many. I just eyeballed it as I poured them in and when it seemed enough, I stopped. I did the same with the almonds. That seemed to work. Great recipe! Thanks! :)
Terra says
Great minds really do think alike, wait till you see what I post tomorrow. Baker or not, your cookies look and sound fantastic!!! Hugs, Terra
Lana Stuart says
Aw, thanks Terra. Baking isn't my favorite thing but I manage okay with really simple recipes like this. Can't wait to see your new post!
Miss P says
It's genetic. I am also not a baker. If I do try something, it is usually an item that is a "whole that can be cut into pieces" -- a cake, a pie, bar cookies, something like that. The repetition to prepare cookies over and over is more than my capabilities, especially at this time of year. But, with this recipe, hope springs eternal! I may bake yet.
These look great and include my favorite flavor combinations. Thanks.
Miss P
Ordinary J says
You are absolutely a baker, just look at all the goodies you baked!!! I would love to try these cookies:)
Lana Stuart says
I hope you will give them a try. They're extraordinarily easy and very delicious.