Chocolate Toffee Cookies II

These cookies will become crisp after they have cooled.

• Calories: 260 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• ½ cup unsalted butter
• ½ cup chopped almonds
• 1 ⅛ cups white sugar
• 1 tablespoon dark rum
• 1 ½ cups toffee baking bits

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees F).

Step 2

Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until fluffy. Add egg, rum, and vanilla and beat until well blended.

Step 3

Sift flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt into small bowl. Stir dry ingredients into butter mixture. Mix in toffee and chopped almonds.

Step 4

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 tough, about 11 minutes. Let cookies cool on sheet 1 minutes. Transfer cookies to rack and cool completely. Repeat shaping and baking with remaining batter.