White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

I went to a certain sandwich fast food place a few weeks back. Of course, I had the cookie combo, and had myself some white chocolate macadamia nut cookies. I always find those cookies so good!! Anywho, after enjoying my cookies, I remembered a recipe I had found many years ago, and I thought “I should try those again”.

I had found the recipe on a white chocolate chip package, and from what I remember, I thought they tasted really good. However, this was back in my early undergrad days, and they were probably among the very first batch of cookies I’ve ever made. Ah, to be 19 again...

I don’t know if my taste buds have evolved over the years, or if I’ve cooked too many recipes and have developed a much more critical eye, but I only found the recipe “okay” this time around. So, I tweaked it a little. I also didn’t find any macadamia nuts at my grocery store, so I substituted half the recipe with unsalted peanuts, and the second half with hazelnuts. Both weren’t as good as the original, but I prefer the peanut batch.  

What you'll need:

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup brown sugar

½ cup granulated sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

225g (1 pkg) white chocolate chips

1 cup macadamia nuts

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until creamy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract.

In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt, and blend into the sugar mixture.

Add chocolate chips and nuts.

Drop by spoonful onto ungreased (parchment paper covered) cookie sheet.

If you want crispier cookies, flatten with the bottom of a glass.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in preheated oven, or until lightly browned.

Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet about 2 minutes, then cool on a wire rack.

Eat and enjoy!!!