January 9th, 2008
White Chocolate, Macadamia Nut Cookies
When you go to Hawaii, you’re going to find Macadamia nut recipes everywhere. I even got the chance to visit a Macadamia nut farm (yum!) where they had seasoned mac nuts, mac nut bread, and of course mac nut chocolate chip cookies! These are just as easy to make as traditional chocolate chip, but much MUCH tastier 
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup coarsely chopped macadamia nuts
- 12 oz white chocolate chips (about 1 bag)
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees FÂ
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and almond extracts. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt and then gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in the macadamia nuts and white chocolate. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets (I use parchment paper and my cookies come out perfectly!)
- Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.
Let them cool, then enjoy with a tall cold glass of milk!