Day 5 of my 12 Days of Cookies: White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies. I’m surprised at how many people love this cookie. Everyone that I assumed who doesn’t like macadamia nut cookies, actually do. Maybe it’s because I think most of the people that I know are not nut-lovers. This recipe is my by far my favorite white chocolate macadamia nut recipe, mainly due to the texture. They are sturdy enough that they won’t break when packing them for travel, but remain soft when you bite into them. Give them a shot; there are more white chocolate macadamia nut cookie lovers out there than you think!
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup softened butter
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups white chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped macadamia nuts
– Heat oven to 375*F (190*C).
– In a large bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt
– In a separate bowl, cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Mix in the egg and vanilla.
– Gently stir in flour mixture.
– Fold in the white chocolate and macadamia nuts.
– Drop cookies by rounded tablespoonfuls onto a non stick cookie sheet about 1-inch apart.
– Bake for 9 to 12 minutes or until lightly golden.
Sidenote: Gosh, my visitor count has been going up like crazy recently and I want to thank you guys for visiting! I haven’t hit a thousand different viewers in a day, yet.. My past couple days have been just shy, of about 930, 940. That’s my new goal for myself.. reach 1000 first time visitors in one day. 🙂
my favorite cookies! ever!
Awesome! I have some mac nuts that I want to use!
I LOVE your blog… and recipes…I love to bake… though I only ever look for recipes on google or something…!!!
I am going to try your… red velvet pop cupcakes they look really yum!!!
Love your blog and have you bookmarked…!!!!
Oh and I love your kitchen aid if I could afford it right now I would totally get one.
This looks wonderful! My first legal job was at a cookie shop in the mall, and I used to just love the smell of the white chocolate macadamia nuts baking (your recipe does look better.)
These are coming out of my oven as I’m typing this and so far they’re delish! But for some reason mine came out more spread out and not as chewy looking as yours. Not sure what I did differently, maybe I need to refrigerate my batter? Anyway, they’re still very tasty!
Yup, totally confirmed my theory. Stuck the batter in the fridge and made the rest the next day, they turned out PERFECT! So maybe my butter was softer than yours when I started making them.
the food librarian- mac nuts are definitely the best in cookies!
teesh- thank you so much for all of your kind words! good luck with the red velvet pops! they’re REALLY delicious. 🙂
fearless kitchen- I definitely agree. i loveeee the smell of cookies! especially on a cold day.
amy- i’m glad you got it to work before i got to respond! these cookies are definitely my favorite mac nut recipe, so i’m glad they turned out as good for you as they did for me! and thanks for letting me know about your cookie experience! i love hearing about others’ experiences when they try the same recipes. :]
This is my favorite cookie and it looks great!
Love those cookies!! Have a hard time finding macadamia nuts here though.
Hope you reach 1000/day!! Thanks would be awesome.
These are my favorite cookies ever! Yours look so yummy!
🙂 Awesome and wonderfully delicious recipe! <3 Thanks!
I made these two days ago and they were gone within 24 hours between me and my two sisters.
That basically explains how much we loved them.