The Drop That Makes The Difference

Chocolate Almond Sandwich Cookies

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Ingredients

Cream together 1 cup butter, and 1 cup sugar
Add egg yolk, Cook's Pure Cookie Vanilla Extract, and flour, mixing thoughly
Chill 2 hours
Make 72 smalls balls of dough: place 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheets
Preheat oven to 325ºF
Grease bottom of a small glass: for each cookie, dip glass in sugar, and use it to flatten each ball to a thickness of 1/8"
Bake 10-12 minutes, until edges are lightly browned
Do not overbake; remove from cookie sheet to cool
Cream powdered sugar and 1/2 cup butter
Add Cook's Pure Almond Extract and water
Spead 1 tsp. of mixture on half the baked cookies
Cover each one with another cookie, making a sandwhich
In double boiler or microwave, heat chocolate and 2 Tbls. butter just until melted
Dip an edge of each cookie sandwich into chocolate and place on waxed paper
Transfer waxed paper and cookies to refrigerator to set
Store in tightly covered container, layered with wax paper