Making cookies is SO EASY I cannot understand why anyone would buy them OR those nasty tubes of chemical dough at the grocery store. Give this recipe a shot and enjoy! These are easy, delicious, impressive and kinda healthy. The health factor? Well, they’re organic for one plus they are full o’ nuts! As I mentioned on the text for the show, the almond meal is a great and healthy addition. You can use almond meal in a myriad of ways as a flour substitute, but I like it best in cakes and cookies.

OK! Got your ingredients? Got the oven preheated? Grab a fork or a beater and wash your hands...here we go!

In a big bowl cream together your butter and sugar by simply beating the hell out of it with a fork, a mixer or your (freshly washed) fingers. Crack in and beat the egg followed by your salt, vanilla and almond extract. Almond extract is wicked potent so do NOT add more! Add your flour in 2 or 3 stages till well incorporated and then the almond meal. The batter is going to get thick now, don’t over mix, but just bring all these wet and dry ingredients together. Add your chocolate and nuts! Like I said on the show, I like to buy these giant 1 pound bars of chocolate which I cut (or hammer) it up into tons of pieces. I love how random the sizes are, it makes for more fun when you are eating the cookies...there's always chocolate there but sometimes you get an extra big chunk and it's a fiesta for your mouth!

If you are aiming to make ice cream sandwiches you should make bigger cookies. If you just want cookies, any size or shape will do. Right! Use a tablespoon or your hand and scoop up some dough and plop it down on a cookie sheet. Flatten the dough down with your hand. Pop that sheet in the oven at 375∞ and bake away for 10 or 12 minutes—every oven is different so it’s hard for me to tell you exactly when they’re done. But you’ll know it when you see and smell ‘em--they will be glistening and smell amazing and just a tiny bit browned on the bottom.

Take the cookies off the baking sheets to avoid further cooking and cool ‘em on a wire rack or a plate. Don’t attempt to add ice cream with warm cookies and hot camera lights around….that’s just gonna make a big n’ delicious organic mess! Do sample a cookie while its still warm and gooey and ultra yummy!!!