Chocolate Chip Cookies

Recipe for excellent soft cookies with almond and cocoa flavor. The dough is easy to prepare, it bakes quickly. It is also elementary to prepare the icing for the cookies - just mix all the necessary components.

It is necessary

• For the test:
• - 2 glasses of sugar;
• - 2 cups of flour;
• - 1 glass of butter;
• - 1 glass of cocoa;
• - 4 eggs;
• - 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract;
• - 1 teaspoon of salt.
• For glaze:
• - 3 cups of powdered sugar;
• - 1/3 cup of butter, cocoa;
• - 4 tbsp. spoons of milk;
• - 1/4 teaspoon of almond extract.

Instructions

Step 1

Use a mixer to beat softened butter or confectionery fat with sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, whisking thoroughly after each. Add vanilla extract. Separately mix the sifted flour with cocoa powder, salt and baking soda.

Step 2

Start adding dry ingredients to the butter mixture a little at a time, stirring the dough until smooth. Roll the dough into balls with a diameter of 4 cm (you get 40-45 pieces), put them on a baking sheet, put in the oven.

Step 3

Bake chocolate cookies for 13-17 minutes at a temperature of 175 degrees, you must warm up the oven to the specified mark in advance! Cool the finished cookies on a wire rack.

Step 4

Now it remains to prepare the almond glaze: mix the butter with cocoa, icing sugar, almond extract. Pour in milk until the desired thickness. Pour the resulting icing liberally over the cooled chocolate chip cookies.

Step 5

Store almond-coated chocolate chip cookies in a dry, sealable container.