Almond Butter Cookies

Dinner the past couple of nights has been old standbys and leftovers, nothing special. But I decided to make some cookies. I love cookies, but I don't like making cookies. It takes too much to make so few.

Found this "All Natural" almond butter at a local discount store - Ocean State Job Lot - a place that always has some food items that are generally not in your local big chain supermarket.  I can't resist the all natural label.

It doesn't take any genius to figure that almond butter can be used in place of peanut butter in cookies.  Used a basic peanut butter cookie recipe (one half cup each of sugar, brown sugar, butter, almond butter, one egg, one and a quarter cup of flour, 3/4 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt and added a half cup of toasted almonds, a half tsp each of pure almond extract and real vanilla extract).

They passed muster with Leon who likes peanut butter.  He actually had a positive comment "they're pretty darn good.  Almost as good as peanut butter cookies."  I think they're even better with a little Nutella.