White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

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From The Joy of Cooking. Oh, my lord, these are delicious. And irresistible. And just what I wanted. And I can't recommend making them enough. Seriously. You should go make these right now.

2 1/2 sticks butter, softened but still cool (about 65 degrees)
1 1/3 C sugar
2/3 C packed brown sugar (I used dark brown sugar)
2 large eggs
1/2 t vanilla
2 1/2 C AP flour
1 t baking soda
1/8 t salt
1 C mac nuts, chopped
1 C white chocolate chips

Turn oven to 325 and place rack in the center of the oven.

In a stand mixer with paddle attachment, beat butter and sugars on medium speed until fluffy and well-blended. Add eggs one at a time and then add vanilla. In a separate bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients and then add to mixer, stirring until just combined. Turn speed to low and add nuts and chocolate chips.

Line cookie sheets with parchment (or use a silpat) and drop by the tablespoon-full 1.5 inches apart. These cookies will spread and will run into each other so be sure to leave plenty of space between rows. I did 10 cookies per sheet. Bake for 15 minutes and allow to stand on cookie sheet until slightly firm. Transfer cookies to cooling rack. These cookies will be thin, slightly crisp and yet chewy. And did I mention how good they are?

These can also be made as "monster cookies" by dropping dough by the 1/3 cup-full but that seemed a bit excessive to me. You would bake these for 15-17 minutes--perhaps longer--and then follow the same directions re: cooling.

One note to consider: as you start to get to the bottom of the bowl as you scoop your cookies, be sure to scrape up the dough from the bottom and incorporate it with the remaining dough or you will end up with about 4 cookies that have no nuts or chips in them. They still taste really good but without the goodies in them, they are just plain cookies.

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Edana said…
I just randomly came across this blog while looking for other food-bloggers out there. These look delicious! And...so does pretty much everything else posted here! I'll have to try out some of you guys' recipes sometime.

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