Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Coconut Cookies

Ingredients

• 0.8 cup almonds with skins (4 oz), toasted, cooled, and chopped
• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda 
• 12 oz bittersweet chocolate unsweetened cut into 1/2-inch chunks ( 2 cups) (not )
• 1 cup brown sugar packed
• 1.5 cups coconut shredded unsweetened finely
• 2 large eggs 
• 1 cup flour all-purpose
• 6 tablespoons granulated sugar 
• 2.3 cups oats 
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 1 cup butter unsalted softened
• 1.5 teaspoons vanilla 

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet
• oven
• baking pan
• hand mixer
• spatula

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. Beat together butter and sugars in a bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until fluffy.
3. Add eggs and beat until just blended, then beat in vanilla, baking soda, and salt.
4. Add flour and mix at low speed until just blended. Stir in oats, coconut, chocolate, and almonds.
5. Arrange 1/4-cup mounds of cookie dough about 3 inches apart on 2 lightly buttered large baking sheets (about 8 cookies per sheet), then gently pat down each mound to about 1/2 inch thick.
6. Bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position and rotating pans halfway through baking, until golden, 15 to 18 minutes total.
7. Cool cookies on sheets 1 minute, then transfer with a spatula to racks to cool completely. Make more cookies in same manner.
8. You can substitute packaged chocolate chunks instead of cutting up chocolate yourself. Toast nuts in a shallow baking pan in a 350°F oven until golden, 5 to 10 minutes.