Almond Butter Double Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients:
 1 ¾ C unbleached Baking flour
1/2 C unsalted butter
1/2 C almond Butter
1/4 C sugar
1/4 Brown sugar
1 egg
1/3 C milk
2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
 
Filling and Topping:
1 package cream cheese
1 ½ C semisweet dark chocolate chips
4 Tbsps. milk
1/2 C walnut
1/4 C almond
1 Tbsp. hazelnut
 
 Making:
Bring the almond butter and the egg to room temperature.
When they get warm mix in together with fork until it gets smooth
Add milk and keep mixing
Add both crystallized and brown sugars mix altogether
Add flour, baking soda, vanilla and salt
All mix together and bring up to a soft and easy to handle dough
Place the dough in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
Set the oven for 350 F
Roll the dough ½ mm tick and cut small cookies using 2 inches diameter cookie cutter.
Place them on a cookie sheet
Bake the cookies for 13 to 15 min.
Replace the cookies on to the rack right away.
 
Making the filling and topping,
Filling: Bring the cream cheese out of the refrigerator to warm up
Melt the 3/4 C chocolate in 2 Tbsp. milk in the microwave
Mix together and make it creamy in a bowl.
 
Topping: Melt the rest of the chocolate in 2 Tbsps. of milk
Mix it well to smooth creamy mixture.
 
Blend all nuts together in food processor
 
Paste two cookies together with cream cheese/chocolate filling
Top the cookie with chocolate cream
Sprinkle coarse nuts mix.
Place on the rack and let the chocolate hardens.
 10/30/2018
 
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