Amaretto Chip Cookies

Submitted by jessi_mcg

"These are similar to Recipe #161166 but I believe I have change it up enough to warrant a new post. These are a delicious change of pace from plain ol' chocolate chip cookies, and I love to make them as a treat for Christmas gift tins! Good luck staying out of the dough--it tastes even better than the finished product! ETA: I am editing the recipe following Katzen's review--this year I think I have gotten it right :)."

 

• Ready In: 19mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 30

ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup Smart Balance butter spread
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup amaretto liqueur
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 2⁄3 cup whole wheat flour
• 3⁄4 cup flour
• 3⁄4 cup oatmeal
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 cup chocolate chips (I like mini chips)
• 1⁄4 cup cherry-flavored dried cranberries

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. In a medium bowl cream butter and sugars until smooth. Add eggs, vanilla, and amaretto then cream again.
3. In a separate bowl mix flours, salt, and baking soda. Add to wet mixture little by little.
4. Fold in chocolate chips and craisins. (At this point I highly recommend chilling the dough! Trust me, it is the key to yummy choco chip cookies!).
5. Drop by level tablespoons onto greased cookie sheets and bake 9 minutes or until golden brown.

Reviews

[Katzen]

These cookies tasted good - the almond flavouring came through well - as I had no Amaretto, I subbed 1/2 tsp almond extract for it. That was a great twist to these cookies! I also used white chocolate chips instead of regular chocolate chips... I swear, my hands just picked up the white ones instead! What I found was that they spread out alot (even though I did refrigerate the dough), and were quite thin - thinner than I expected. I wondered if not grinding the oatmeal would help with that, or even adding some ground almonds to add more texture, and thicken the dough a bit. I did find the additional 2 tbsp of flour and oatmeal confusing - I wasn't sure if I was supposed to grind the second bit of oatmeal or not. I think with a bit of tinkering on the texture, these could be awesome cookies! Thanks, SV! Made for PRMR Tag.