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Almond Pudding Cookies – Have you seen Million Dollar Rooms on HGTV? It’s a show where they showcase (you guessed it) rooms that cost a cool mil to build.
Because, you know, spending a million dollars on a room is totally reasonable.
Now, I can kinda understand spending that much on, say, a pool area. Maybe a garage or media room. Pools and movie equipment are expensive, especially by rich people tastes.
But last week I saw an episode that included a million dollar closet.
Yes, I just said a million dollar CLOSET. That, it turns out, is worth at least five million dollars if you include the contents.
Because the closet was inspired by Coco Chanel. And, as the owner of the closet points out, Chanel purses ain’t cheap.
Neither, apparently, was the $30,000 18-karat gold chandelier.
Or the $10,000 rug with the Chanel logo.
Or the hand-crafted wrought-iron staircase (yes, I said staircase; for the two-story 48,000 square foot closet) copied from the mirrored Chanel staircase in Paris. She really wanted to do mirrors on her stairs, but she couldn’t get them to bend, darn it. What a waste.
Of course, the closet has more space than she needs right now. “I need to go shopping!” she chuckles.
But hey, she lets people take tours of the closet for charity. Gotta give back, right?
{Seriously, I am not making this stuff up. You can watch the episode here. The closet is in the last five minutes of the show.}
Want to see something that doesn’t cost a million bucks?
Almond Pudding Cookies with a Brown Sugar Frosting. Is there anything in that sentence that doesn’t sound good?
I made these Almond Pudding Cookies for a friend who helped me out a lot when my parents were sick. She loves almond and almond extract and had given up chocolate for lent. I did some searching and came up with this recipe. They are the perfect “thank you” cookie. They’re soft and chewy, sweet and almondy. If you like almonds, this recipe is for you!
These Almond Pudding Cookies are totally worth a million bucks for a fraction of the price.
Be sure to check out all my pudding cookie recipes!
Almond Pudding Cookies with Brown Sugar Frosting
Ingredients
For the Cookie:
- 1 ½ sticks butter
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 (3.4 oz) package instant vanilla pudding mix
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2-1/4 cups flour
- 1 cup chopped sliced almonds
For the Frosting:
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 3 tablespoons butter
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup (or so) sliced almonds, toasted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Whisk together baking soda and flour and set aside.
- Cream together butter and sugars. Add the pudding package and beat until well blended. Add eggs and almond extract. Slowly add the flour and mix until just combined. Stir in almonds.
- Roll into 1” balls and place on your cookie sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool completely before frosting.
- To make the frosting: combine the brown sugar, milk, and butter in a saucepan over low heat. Stir until the sugar is completely dissolved into the liquid, just a few minutes. Remove from heat and add almond extract and powdered sugar. Stir until no lumps remain. Frost cookies quickly; this frosting tends to harden fast. Top immediately with toasted almonds and let the frosting harden.
Last Updated on May 13, 2020
48,000 sq ft for a closet? I…just…but…*brain implodes* For that amount of space, you could make 48 very nice apartments & rent them out for, say, $1000/month (assuming a bigger city type place)…and MAKE $576,000 a year. Or, say, use a very reasonable 1,000 sq ft of closet for yourself, and make the other 47,000 into 47 apartments…You’d still have $564,000/year.
Okay, I’m going to stop doing math now. And those cookies look YUMMY.
You made me laugh! A blogger after my own heart…a math nerd! 🙂
*blushes* What can I say…I’m a scientist, it comes with the territory. 😀
These cookies sound amazing! I adore almond extract in baked goods:)
Hey, If I moved into that closet, maybe they wouldn’t notice:) 48,000 square feet is HUUUUUUGE for a HOUSE, much less a closet?!?
Those cookies sounds great! And thanks so much for adding all the info for the bake sale to your blog!
Thanks for including me in the sale Erin!
It is sad the things that people spend money on…seriously a closet worth a million? Doesn’t seem right when there are people starving in other parts of the world.
Your cookies look and sound totally awesome. Great minds must think alike since I posted pudding cookies today too:-)
Sounds delish, I LOVE almond extract in pretty much anything! Your photos are FAB, by the way. :0)
OMG that is bigger than my house! I just don’t get it, I guess if you have the money, I mean I waste my fair share. And yum to the cookies, those I can afford.
I know – it’s bigger than 24 of my houses. That’s a lot of clothes. Cookies are way better. 🙂
Such a waste of money when you think about all the good it could do in this world. These cookies though, oh my. I love almond, and frosting, and everything else.
Those aren’t even first-world problems that that lady has. They’re like elitist-world problems.
I’m imagining that icing as brown-sugar-fudge-like. Please tell me it’s fudge-like!
YUMMMMM. I can only imagine how insane that frosting must taste on a spoon or something, much less on a deliciously chewy cookie. NEED.
And I realized today as I was desperately shoving a shirt into my jam-packed closet with all the weight I could muster that I have a too-small closet for all my clothes and stuff. I guess the only solution is to drop a mil to jazz that ‘ish up, right?! I mean, who needs a million dollars laying around for something practical? My clothes are basically homeless living in this standard-sized closet–may as well upgrade!?
And also: mirrored stairs?! WTF?! Every time you walked on them, you’d get bad luck for seven years. That’s like, bad luck for life. No dice!!
Insane is right. I licked my PAN for God’s sake. And I know, my closet is, like, only 10 square feet. I’m deprived. Must find a sugar daddy.
Oh YUM, if I didn’t have so much Easter candy already lurking in cupboards and drawers, tempting me, I would make these RIGHT NOW. I thought about it; I mentally inventoried my fridge and cupboards to determine whether I have all of the necessary ingredients. Almond is one of my very favorite flavors. I’ll definitely be making these someday soon! I miiight have to experiment with the addition of a little amaretto liqueur, too 🙂
OH that sounds awesome Jacqueline. See, this is why we are going to be really good friends. 🙂
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