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    Let the cookie baking begin!!! Last weekend, we baked up about 8 dozen cookies to give away to friends, neighbors and clients. It was the most warm, festive, sugar-high, Christmas-spirited day. For a few weeks, we perused all my December food magazines and searched cookbooks marking possible recipes. Then, we made a long list and my husband and I took turns picking favorites until we had 5 different recipes. Unfortunately, a number of them were thwarted by the total sell-out in the baked goods aisle at the store. I have never seen anything like it in an American grocery store. The shelves were nearly bare!

    But, I love a good excuse to change directions and be spontaneous. Still lurking and waiting to be bought were a number of bottles of large, salted macadamia nuts. Although I love white chocolate, macadamia nut cookies, I have never made them myself. I searched online and found this recipe that was rated highly by all who tried it.

    Honestly, this was the best cookie dough/beater licking ever. I knew from the fragrant, salty-sweet batter that we were in for a treat. The fresh baked cookies were sublime. They are so good that just moments ago, I opened up a gift box of cookies intended for my office neighbor and snitched one out for myself!

    White Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies

    1 cup butter, softened
    1 cup granulated sugar
    3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
    2 teaspoons vanilla
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    2 eggs
    2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
    1 teaspoons baking soda
    10 ounces white chocolate (chips or bars cut in chunks)
    1 cup macadamia nuts, chopped into chunks

    Directions:

    Heat oven to 375 F. In large bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, and salt with electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, beat well. Stir together flour, and the baking soda; gradually add to butter mixture,beating until well blended. Stir in white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. (Edges are golden brown and center is set.) Cool slightly, remove from cookie sheet to wire rack to cool completely.

    7 Responses to “The BEST White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie Recipe”

    1. EB Says:

      Can I make these JUST to lick the batter??

    2. Dana Says:

      I love love LOVE white chocolate macadamia cookies. And you know what’s weird? Until now, I didn’t have a recipe for them! Now I do :) .

    3. Lindsey P. Says:

      I am taking the day off Friday and baking cookies all day…I am definitley going to try these.

    4. Sophie Says:

      Caroline,
      Thanks for not snitching one out of my box! I loved them! Really good! I may try to cook some this WE just for our family… I told you, I am such a sweet tooth…

    5. Scott Says:

      I don’t have a big sweet tooth, but that’s a good lookin’ cookie recipe. The wife just walked in and said to minimize the screen post haste (she’s on a diet.)

    6. maman Says:

      It was indeed the best mouth-watering cookie ever!!

    7. TheYellowSeal Says:

      Hi there,

      I really can’t wait to try out your recipe! Lately I have been baking my own triple chocolate cookies, they have been a big hit with my friends and family as you would imagine. I have really started getting into it and have started up my own small business baking. As I wanted to give my cookies just that extra special look now that people are buying them of me I decided to design my own baking labels and I got a British labels company to print a batch out for me, they looked great and the prices were quite cheap to, it has made my cookies look and taste great.

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