coffee chocolate chip cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3/4 cup blanched slivered almonds
• 1/3 cup instant coffee granules
• 2 tablespoons hot water
• 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• toast almonds in oven for 10 minutes or until brown.
• dissolve coffee in 2 tablespoons hot water. in a separate small mixing bowl mix flour, baking soda and salt.
• beat butter and sugar in an electric mixer at a medium speed until fluffy. pour coffee, vanilla and eggs into the butter mixture; mix well. reduce mixer's speed to low and slowly pour flour mixture into the butter mixture.
• fold chocolate chips and almonds into the dough. drop dough by teaspoonfuls an ungreased cookie sheet, 3 inches apart.
• bake for 10 minutes.