COOKIE
2/3 cup butter
2 cup oats, quick, uncooked
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup flour, all-purpose
1/2 cup almonds, finely chopped
1/4 cup syrup, corn
1/4 cup amaretto di amore
1/2 tsp salt
FILLING
3 tbsp butter
1/4 cup amaretto di amore
1 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Foil-line cookie sheets. In medium
saucepan, melt butter. Remove from heat. Stir in quick oats, sugar,
flour, almonds, corn syrup, 1/4 cup Amaretto di Amore and salt. Drop
by rounded teaspoonfuls 3 inches apart onto prepared cookie sheets;
spread each to make thin. Bake 8 to 11 minutes, until golden. Cool
completely on cookie sheets. Peel off foil. Spread filling on flat
side of 1/2 the cookies. Top with remaining cookies.
Filling: In medium heavy guage saucepan over low heat, melt butter
with 1/4 cup Amaretto di Amore. Remove from heat. Stir in chocolate
chips. Cool to room temperature.
SOURCE: The Clarion-Ledger Southern Living Cooking School supplement,
September 11, 1994. Typos by Nancy Coleman.
Servings: 2 1/2 dozen
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