This week’s SMS is especially fun as it is hosted by the one and only Sweet Melissa herself, Melissa Murphy! Our task was to make Melissa’s chocolate chip cookies with toasted almonds. These cookies are the all-time bestsellers at Melissa’s bakery, Sweet Melissa Patisserie, so I had high hopes! I’ve tried a lot of chocolate chip cookie recipes but still haven’t really found a go-to recipe.
I was planning to send these cookies to work with Shane so I decided to make half with almonds and half without as I know at least one of his coworkers has a nut allergy. The recipe is quick and easy but does require a bit of planning ahead as it calls for an hour and a half of chill time for the dough in the fridge before baking.
I’m almost at a loss for words when it comes to this recipe. It was one of those recipes that cooperated perfectly and came together exactly as described so not much in the way of tips to pass along. The only thing I’d mention is that I found the half of the dough with both the chocolate and the almonds a bit tricky to slice. The ratio of mix-ins to dough was pretty high so it was tough to get my knife through the dough without running into a piece of chocolate or an almond.
I won’t lie – I turned my oven light on and snuck a peek at these cookies fairly often as they baked. I was curious as to how much they’d spread and how quickly. I was psyched when they didn’t flatten out like pancakes (which tends to happen to me fairly often with chocolate chip cookie recipes). That fact alone scored these cookies major points! Shane and I shared one of the cookies without almonds for dessert the night I made them and I can officially say these are my favorite chocolate chip cookies ever! I loved how chewy they were. They also struck the perfect balance of cookie dough to chocolate for me. I actually prefer my chocolate chip cookies a little light on the chips and the cookie we ate had less chocolate than I typically find in a chocolate chip cookie. So I wasn’t terribly surprised when Shane said that while he enjoyed the cookie, he wished there were more chocolate chips. Simple solution – when I make these again (soon!!) I’ll split the dough in half and add more chips to Shane’s half while keeping mine exactly as Melissa intended!
Be sure to stop by the Sweet Melissa Sundays site to check out Melissa Murphy’s photos and thoughts on these cookies (the recipe is also available through this link)! While you’re there you can also see how the other bakers fared with the cookies. Thanks for sharing this great recipe, Melissa! It will be one I’ll make again and again!
these are a must try. They look delicious! yummy 🙂
I shouldn’t have visited before breakfast. Now all I want is a cc cookie! (One thought about cutting the cookies: did you try a serrated knife? Sometimes that helps, but I know what you mean about the mix-ins. They can tend to mangle the dough no matter what knife you use.)
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Your cookies look great! I’m glad they were such a winner for you.
Perfect looking cookies. Im so glad you liked them..wow your new all time favorite too! I cooked my first batch longer and they were much more crispy. I liked the second batch better!
These were great – and you are right about the cooperation of the recipe. It wasn’t hard at all.
They look wonderful!
I’m going to have to try these because like you, I’m also in search of the elusive perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe. They look sooo yummy!
i was just reading about these on another blog. yours really look great.
Looks absolutely delicious and choc chip cookies are on my menu next. Thanks for sharing.
Great pictures, Tracey! 🙂 These were yummy!
These look great! I might have to try these and see if they’re better than Alton Brown’s The Chewy!
These are now added to my long list of chocolate chip cookies recipes to try!
They look delicious!
Those cookies look awesome! I kinda agree with Shane though..I love more chips on cookies =)
I love cookies, these look great. I recently added almonds in one of my cookie recipes and loved them!! Will be trying these soon!
Yours look fabulous and I agree that it is great to find such a fantastic CCC recipe!
Lovely cookies! I think they’re my new favorite too (but don’t tell my other recipe I said that!). I don’t like tons of chocolate chips in my cookies either, and I thought they were perfect!
Glad you liked them! I loved your picture of the cookies all stacked up
Wow! Wonderful pictures! I’m going to try these. They look so delicious!
Your cookies & photos are fantastic, as always!
Looks like they turned out perfect! This was a good recipe and I really enjoyed the toasted almonds. Hope everyone else enjoyed them, too.
Your cookies look great. I loved the easy slice-and-bake method.
Your cookies look just perfect!
mm yum yum, i agree the chocolate to cookie ratio was great! i’m a fan of less chips in mine too and i thought these were perfect!
Its my new favorite as well. Funny you don’t like a lot of chips in yours either! I always used to look forward to the cookies at the end of the batch that had only one or two chips in them.
These look incredible, Tracey! I haven’t made chocolate chip cookies in far too long. I need to fix that soon, and with this recipe!
Hi Tracey!
No way! That’s too funny- where in RI are you? I’m in Sharon, which is literally right smack in the middle between Boston and Providence. It’s so nice to meet a fellow SMS baking neighbor 🙂 Your cookies came out gorgeous, and I’m so glad you enjoyed them. We really did to… I guess I’m such a perfectionist, I always feel like I’m not quite there with each choc chip recipe. But I agree, these ones are definitely keepers, and I know I’ll be making them again.
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wow, rave review! I also have never found a great choc chip cookie recipe so I’m real excited to try these out!
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They look wonderful! I’ll have to go back and make these.
Wow, yours look absolutely perfect. I wish mine came out that way.
Looks like I’ll be making some chocolate cookies tonight! This recipe sounds so delicious. Thanks for sharing it, and yes they sure do look like the perfect chocolate chip cookies.