Chocolate Parfait Cookies
Yield: approx. 6 dozen cookies
1-1/2 cups sugar
1-1/2 cups butter, softened
1/2 teaspoons salt
1-1/4 teaspoons baking soda
3 medium eggs
5 cups flour
3/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1-1/2 Tablespoons almond extract
2 bars (7 oz.) milk chocolate (cut into 1/4 to 1/2-inch chunks)
Preheat oven to 370 degrees.
Cream sugar, butter, salt and soda. Add eggs one at a time, beating 1 minute between each egg. Add flour 1 cup at a time, adding a portion of the milk after each cup and stirring in well between each cup. Add vanilla extract and almond extract. Add chocolate and mix into dough. Drop dough by spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake at 370 degrees for 10 - 11 minutes until just the slightest hint of brown begins to appear on the tops of the cookie. Do not overbake. Do not grease cookie sheet.