COOK: Dalmatian Cookies

I've been on a baking kick, today I decided to make cookies and just made it up as I went (making sure my liquid and dry ingredients were about 50/50).  My new creation turned out better than I expected!  I couldn't decide what to call them, and "Almond flavored cookies with milk chocolate chips and white chocolate chips" seemed too wordy...so I give you...

Dalmatian Cookies

Ingredients:

1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter (1 stick, melted)

3/8 Cup White Sugar

3/8 Cup Light Brown Sugar

1 teaspoon Almond Extract (If you don't like Almond or have nut allergies you can substitute vanilla extract.)

3/4 teaspoons Baking Soda

1/4 teaspoon Salt

1 Egg (slightly beaten, I just put in into a bowl and stir it quickly with a fork)

1 1/8 Flour

1 Cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

1 Cup White Chocolate Chips

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, prepare baking sheets.  (I use silicone baking mats on half sheet baking pans, but you can use cookie sheets with a baking spray or parchment paper.)

Melt the butter.  In the bowl of your stand mixer or mixing bowl (you can use a hand mixer, I wouldn't suggest mixing by hand.)  add both sugars and melted butter, mix until everything is combined and the sugar is forming small peaks.  

Add almond extract and egg, mix well.  

Add the baking soda and salt, mix, then add flour.  Mix well, the dough should lose it's "shine" and will be thick.  

Add in chips and mix until incorporated.  

Drop cookies (I use a cookie scoop, but you can use a regular spoon, just make sure they are more balled in shape.) onto your prepared baking sheet, about 8 per sheet.  

Bake 10-12 minutes, until just golden on the sides.  

Remove and let cool about 10 minutes before removing to a wire cooling rack to finish cooling.  

Best served warm, I usually pop mine in the microwave for 10-15 seconds to warm them up.

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