Chocolate Toffee Cookies
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon dark rum
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups crushed chocolate-covered English toffee (such as Heath bar; about 7 ounces)
- 1/2 cup chopped almonds
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until fluffy.
- Add egg, rum and vanilla and beat until well blended.
- Sift flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt into small bowl.
- Stir dry ingredients into butter mixture.
- Mix in toffee and chopped almonds.
- Drop batter by heaping tablespoonfuls onto heavy large ungreased baking sheet, spacing 2 inches apart.
- Bake until cookies puff slightly and crack on top but are still soft to touch, about 11 minutes.
- Let cookies cool on sheet 1 minute.
- Transfer cookies to rack and cool completely (cookies will become crisp).
- Repeat shaping and baking with remaining batter.
- (Can be prepared 2 days ahead.
- Store in airtight container at room temperature.)
unsalted butter, sugar, egg, dark rum, vanilla, flour, unsweetened cocoa, baking soda, salt, chocolatecovered, almonds
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/chocolate-toffee-cookies-628 (may not work)