Almond and White Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Makes 36 large biscuits

Ingredients

175g butter, at room temperature

1 cup brown sugar

3/4 cup white sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp bicarb soda

2 cups plain flour

250 g block white chocolate, roughly chopped

1/4 cup flaked almonds

Method:

Preheat oven to 160 degrees c

With your mixer or in a bowl with electric beater - mix butter and sugars together until they are light and fluffy - about 2 minutes.

Add vanilla and eggs, mix for a further minute.  Add bicarb and flour and mix again until a smooth dough.  

Take mixer off stand or remove your beaters.

Stir through with a spoon or a spatula, chocolate and nuts.
Cover your baking trays with baking paper and place dough in flattened dough about 2 inches in diameter.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.  Cool on trays for 10 minutes then transfer to cooling rack to completely cool and harden.