Chocolate Almond Bonbon Cookies Recipes

ALMOND BONBON COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in milk and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour., Cut almond paste into 12 slices (about 1/4 in. thick); cut each into quarters. Shape into balls. Wrap tablespoons of cookie dough around almond paste to cover completely. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets., Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., In a small bowl, mix vanilla icing ingredients until smooth. For chocolate icing, mix confectioners' sugar, cooled chocolate, milk and vanilla until smooth. Dip cookies in icings as desired; allow excess to drip off. Decorate with sprinkles. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set. Store in airtight containers.

CHERRY BONBON COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add milk and vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture. , Divide dough into 24 portions; shape each portion around a cherry, forming a ball. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 18-20 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool., For glaze, combine sugar, butter and cherry juice until smooth. Drizzle over cookies. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

CHOCOLATE ALMOND BONBONS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350*.
• In small saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate in milk, stirring occasionally until smooth.
• In large bowl, beat 1/4 cup sugar and margarine until light and fluffy.
• Blend in chocolate mixture and vanilla.
• Stir in flour and salt; mix well.
• Using rounded teaspoonfuls of dough, shape into ball.
• Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Make an indentation in center of each cookie.
• Fill each with scant 1/4 tsp.
• almond paste; press dough around filling to cover.
• Bake at 350* for 9 to 11 minutes or until set.
• Remove from cookie sheets; roll in sugar.
• Cool completely.
• Yield: 4 dozen cookies.

CHOCOLATE ALMOND BONBON COOKIES

Steps:

• In a medium sauce pan, combine chocolate chips and butter. Cook and stir over low heat until melted and smooth.
• Stir in sweetened condensed milk and vanilla. Stir in flour until well blended. Set aside or transfer to a mixing bowl and place in the refrigerator to make it easier to handle.
• Cut the almond paste into around 90 pieces. Shape the almond paste into balls containing about 1/2 teaspoon each. I measure one ball, then make the rest based on the size of the first ball.
• Once you've got the almond paste balls made, wrap each one in about one teaspoon of the chocolate dough to form a 1-inch ball. While rolling out the dough, preheat oven to 350℉.
• Place cookies about one inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet or baking sheet lined with parchment paper. I prefer air bake pans, since they are less likely to burn the cookies.
• Bake you chocolate almond bonbon cookies for 6 to 8 minutes, or until chocolate is soft and shiny (do not overbake).Remove from the cookie sheet and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

FROSTED BONBONS (COOKIE EXCHANGE QUANTITY)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, beat all bonbon ingredients except almond paste with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon, until dough forms.
• Cut almond paste into 1/4-inch slices; cut each slice into fourths. Shape 1-inch ball of dough around each piece of almond paste. Gently roll to form ball. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set and bottom is golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• For vanilla frosting, in small bowl, stir all Vanilla Bonbon Frosting ingredients until smooth.
• For chocolate frosting, in small bowl, stir all Chocolate Bonbon Frosting ingredients until smooth. If necessary, stir in additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until soft enough to spread.
• Dip tops of cookies into frostings and sprinkle with decors as desired.

ALMOND CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extracts. Combine the flour, cocoa and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto an ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 7-9 minutes or until edges are firm. Remove to wire racks to cool.

ALMOND CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, beat the butter, sugars, cocoa and extracts until creamy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Combine the flour and baking soda; gradually add to sugar mixture.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake at 375° for 7-9 minutes or until edges are firm.
• Remove to wire racks to cool.