Deconstructed Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Deconstructed Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients: Cookie Dough; 12 ounces unsalted butter, best you can get your hands on; 3 cups Flour; 1 Vanilla bean, scraped; 1.5 cups raw sugar; 3/4 cup packed Dark Brown (muscavado) Sugar; 2 tsp salt, fine; 1.5 teaspoons baking soda; 6 tablespoons roasted almond butter; 1 lightly beaten large egg; 2 tablespoons fleur de sel (optional); 1 cup chopped dark toasted almonds (optional); Chocolate ganache (can be done the day ahead); 8 ounces Best quality dark chocolate, chopped; 3/4 cup heavy cream; 1 vanilla pod; 1 tablespoon cognac or rum or brandy or frangelico

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Ingredients

Cookie Dough
12 ounces unsalted butter, best you can get your hands on
3 cups Flour
1 Vanilla bean, scraped
1.5 cups raw sugar
3/4 cup packed Dark Brown (muscavado) Sugar
2 tsp salt, fine
1.5 teaspoons baking soda
6 tablespoons roasted almond butter
1 lightly beaten large egg
2 tablespoons fleur de sel (optional)
1 cup chopped dark toasted almonds (optional)
Chocolate ganache (can be done the day ahead)
8 ounces Best quality dark chocolate, chopped
3/4 cup heavy cream
1 vanilla pod
1 tablespoon cognac or rum or brandy or frangelico

Directions

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["Melt butter & vanilla in heavy bottomed sauce pan, add flour cook till light brown, this process is somewhere between a pate choux and roux, set aside, let cool.", "Pre -heat oven to 350", "In food processor, process sugars, baking soda, almond butter, salt till smooth and creamy", "add egg, process again to incorporate", "add roux, process again till fully incorporated.", "Dough maybe sticky or oily , if so you can refridgerate a bit, but it's not necessary,", "cover baking sheet with parchment or silpat, drop well rounded teaspoons of batter about 1\" apart.""