These are NOT Persian cookies guys...sorry! They are both easy, quick, 5 minute cookie that everyone will beg you for the recipe! Always check for allergies before giving these cookies as gifts.
These cookies are not something I invented myself or was handed down to me by grandmother. They have my favourite stuff in them: Chocolate for one and almonds in the other. I have served these cookies at Feast, packaged them up in little cellophane bags as Ayyam-i-Ha gifts and every single time I was asked to share the recipe. This is not for the health conscious, I try to only make these a couple times a year. I don't have a photo of my own cookies but this one below is from Pizabay and is very close to my chocolate recipe.
The first cookie is known as Christmas Crack: don't let the name scare you away. This cookie takes 5 minutes and is one of my cheating recipes, i.e. you do not make it all from scratch but use a prepared ingredient, in this case saltine crackers. The first time I heard of using salt cracker in a cookie I was not interested but think salted caramel and it is close to what magic happens in this recipe.
This cookie has semi sweet or dark chocolate chips melted on top of salt crackers that have been covered in caramel.
The second recipe I found in a children's cook book years ago and again the name scares you away: Fat Albert! The base for this cookie is graham crackers again a caramel covering and lots of sliced almonds.
Use: Give these cookies in little treat bags for a special children classes gift at Ayyam-i-Ha, graduation, etc.
We are thinking of using cookies in little cellophane bags for table decorations. I also make these for Naw-Rúz to have on hand when we have visitors.
Age: Some of this can be "done" by children age 3 and up. All ages can help eat!
Time 10 minutes
Christmas Crack and Fat Alberts are the same measurement for the ingredients except one uses Almonds and the other Chocolate. The cook time and temperature are also the same so the directions below are for both.
Christmas Crack Ingredients
28-30 Saltine Crackers
250 mL (1 cup) Butter
250 ml (1 cup) brown sugar
500 mL ( 2 cups) chocolate chip
Fat Albert Ingredients
28-30 Graham Crackers
250 mL (1 cup) Butter
250 ml (1 cup) brown sugar
500 mL ( 2 cups) chocolate chip
Directions for both:
Heat the oven to 400F (200 C)
Cover the cookie sheet with graham crackers for Fat Alberts or saltine crackers for Christmas Crack crackers should be touching.
Melt the butter over low heat in a saucepan.
Stir in the sugar and bring mixture to a boil. Be careful not to let the mixture boil over.
Pour the sugar mixture over all the crackers (graham or saltine)
For Fat Alberts: sprinkle the almonds now.
bake for 5 to 8 minutes until bubbly.
Remove from the oven
For Christmas Crack immediately sprinkle the chocolate chips and as they start to melt use a spatula to spread over the surface. try to cover all the surface and you can also let it seep in between the crackers.
Let cool and then break into squares.
TIP: I cut both sugar and butter to 3/4 cup without the taste or look of the cookie being affected.
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