Giant Almond Joy Cookie

Submitted by Chef Megan Dunn

"I thought of this cookie when I was playing around with a chocolate chip cookie recipe. Hope it's liked!"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 16 slices
• Serves: 16

ingredients

• 1 cup butter (softened)
• 2 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 (12 ounce) package chocolate chips
• 1⁄2 cup shredded coconut
• 1⁄2 cup slivered almonds

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream together butter, sugar, and brown sugar.
3. Beat in the vanilla and the eggs one at a time until completely incorperated.
4. In a seperate bowl sift together flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking soda.
5. Add the flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time waiting until each portion is well incorperated.
6. Stir in chocolate chips, coconut, and almonds.
7. Grease 1 12 inch cake pan
8. Shape the dough into a large ball and flaten into the middle of the pan until it is 1 1/2 inch disk (it will not reach the sides of the pan).
9. Bake for 30 minutes.

Reviews

[ArtsyBakingGeek]

I have never had an Almond Joy before but after this recipe I sure want to try it! The only issue I had was that I didn't have a 12 inch cake pan so ended up using a 8 inch. This caused the 'cookie' to become way too deep and took much longer to cook. It was still amazing! I am so going to try this again once I get a larger cake pan and/or make this same recipe in actual cookie format. :) Might also be better portion sizes too. :D