Almond Joy cookies

Photo credit Friday is Cake Night

These are easy to make either dairy free or with dairy. Just sub the butter and chocolate chips with dairy free versions.

Makes 30 cookies.

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter, softened
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp coconut extract
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 1¾ cups flour
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• ¾ cup sweetened flaked coconut
• ¾ cup shaved almonds

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. Cream the butter and sugars. Add the egg and both extracts until fully combined.
3. Add the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Stir together.
4. Stir in the chocolate chips, coconut and almonds.
5. Using a cookie scoop or spoon, form the dough into 30 balls. Place them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and press down slightly.
6. Bake for 10 minutes. Let the cookies sit on the sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.