Ingredients
- 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 3/4 teaspoon pure almond extract
- 1 (12-ounce) bag semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup whole almonds, toasted and chopped
- 3 pints vanilla ice cream, softened slightly
- 1/3 cup amaretto liqueur
Directions
Line heavy large baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
Finely chop the oats in a food processor. Mix in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugars in a large bowl until fluffy. Scrape down sides of mixing bowl. Beat in the eggs and almond extract. Add the flour mixture in 3 parts and stir just until blended. Stir in the chocolate chips and chopped almonds.
For each cookie, drop 1 rounded tablespoonful of dough onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing 1-inch apart (do not flatten dough). Bake until the cookies are golden (cookies will flatten slightly), about 13 minutes. Cool the cookies on the baking sheets for 5 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack and cool completely. The cookies can be prepared 1 day ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.
To make the ice cream sandwiches: Place the ice cream in a large bowl. Mix in the amaretto. Cover the ice cream mixture and freeze until firm, at least 3 hours.
Arrange 12 cookies, flat side up, on a baking sheet. Top each with a scoop of ice cream, then another cookie, flat side down, pressing slightly to adhere. Cover and freeze the sandwiches until they are firm, at least 3 hours. Sandwiches can be made up to 4 days ahead. Wrap each sandwich with plastic wrap and keep frozen.
















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By drealovestocook81
Stone Mountain, GA
on October 05, 2012
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I'm not a fan of almonds in my cookies although i love almonds but i absolutely love choc chip cookies so i left out the almonds and almond extract. I have been searching for a good choc chip recipe on this website and this one is definitely one of them.
By gftdeducator
Atlanta, GA
on March 25, 2012
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All I can sai is WOWSER!!!! These were the stars at our housewarming party. I didn't use the almonds at all. I felt the almond extract was enough to compliment the ameretto without the additional sensory distractions. I also made some of the cookies with the mini chocolate chips, liked that a little better than the regular sized chips. These are my go to cookies!
By sdrew22
on December 26, 2011
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Tried these for Christmas cookie handouts this year - I think there were too many toasted almonds in it. I think the dough was fabulous...next time I will add a bit more almond extract, and likely leave out the toasted almonds. :
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