White Chocolate Chunk Almond Cookies

A butter cookie flavored with almond extract with white chocolate and almonds. **** I apologize to the reviewer who had the cookies turn out badly... I made a mistake it should have read 2 1/4 Cups Flour!!! (not 1 1/4). I apologize but it should be fixed in the recipe now.***** These really are yummy!

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Yields: 72 cookies

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter, softened
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 2  eggs
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons  almond extract
• 2 1⁄4 cups flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 8  ounces  white baking chocolate, coarsely chopped or 8  ounces white chocolate chips
• 1 1⁄3 cups  slivered almonds (6 oz.) or 1 1⁄3 cups  chopped  almonds

Directions

1. With an electric mixer cream the butter & sugar in a large bowl. Add the eggs one at a time until well blended. Add the almond extract.
2. In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda, & salt. Gradually beat flour mixture into the butter mixture until well blended. Stir in white chocolate chips & almonds.
3. Drop cookies in heaping tablespoonfuls about 1-inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet & bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned.
4. Let cookies cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
5. These cookies freeze well.