-COOKIE-
2/3 c Butter
2 c Oats, quick; uncooked
1 c Sugar
2/3 c Flour, all-purpose
1/2 c Almonds; finely chopped
1/4 c Syrup, corn
1/4 c Amaretto di Amore
1/2 ts Salt
FILLING
3 tb Butter
1/4 c Amaretto di Amore
1 1/2 c Chocolate chips
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.
Yields
2 1/2 dozen