Almond Joy Cookies

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!

Almond Joy Cookies

Yield: About 3 dozen.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

Milk chocolate, almonds, and coconut combine in this delicious cookie with the taste of an Almond Joy.

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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

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease cookie sheets.
2. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
3. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars together. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Stir in the vanilla.
4. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until well combined. Stir in the chocolate chips, coconut, and almonds.
5. 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.
6. Cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

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