White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
This quintessential recipe for soft, chewy White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies will have you swooning!!!
Using dark brown sugar and extra vanilla gives the macadamia cookie dough an extra boost of delicious, caramel flavor! You won’t want to share!
Why You Must Make
- These taste like bakery cookies except you get to eat them fresh out of the oven.
- They taste amazing!
- They are super easy to make.
Expert Tips
I packaged up the nutty version and trekked across the Midwest to my high school reunion. I loved their questions: “Did you make these?” and “Is there butter in these?” as well as, “When will these be on your blog?” Yes, a LOT, and soon were my answers. I even got some of the health nuts to partake. They’re worth a few extra minutes on the treadmill! If you like chewy cookies, check out these pointers before you bake up a batch:
- PRO-Tip: To make chewy cookies, do not use a mixer to add the flour. A wooden spoon will do the trick without adding any excess air to the batter.
- Use room temperature butter and eggs for the easy incorporation of the wet and dry ingredients.
- Do not over-bake your cookies or they won’t be soft. Watch for the edges to brown and the middle to look slightly underdone as the residual heat of the cookie sheet will continue the baking process after you pull the cookies out of the oven.
- PRO-Tip: Look for a recipe with brown sugar. Dark brown sugar is even better as the extra molasses in the latter helps keep your cookies moist. Eggs and even an extra egg yolk will do the same.
- I made white chocolate chunks by chopping up Ghirardelli white chocolate bars. White chocolate chips can be substituted if that’s your preference.
Frequently Asked Questions
Many cookies freeze well, and these are no exception. Cool them completely on a wire rack, then layer them in a gallon, freezer-safe Ziploc bag or an airtight container. You want to cookies to lie flat in the freezer so don’t just dump them in the bag, but instead, layer them in an orderly fashion. This will prevent them from breaking.
These cookies keep well in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days. After that, store in the freezer as directed above for up to 3 months.
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White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies Recipe
The best recipe for these classic White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies. Adapted from Diethood
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 sticks (16 tablespoons) butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 8 ounces white chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 1 cup macadamia nuts, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º. Line a baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Set aside.
- In your mixer, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and mix till combined.
- Gently stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture; mix until thoroughly combined.
- Stir in the chopped white chocolate and macadamia nuts.
- Spoon out generous tablespoons of dough onto the prepared cookie sheets, leaving 2 inches between cookies.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the edges are light brown. Slightly under baking will make for a chewy cookie.
- Remove from oven, let cool for a couple minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
Notes
Adapted from Diethood.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
18Serving Size:
2 cookiesAmount Per Serving: Calories: 168Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 82mgCarbohydrates: 18gFiber: 1gSugar: 11gProtein: 2g
65 Comments on “White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies”
Not only are these beautiful but they sure look tasty as well! I’d definitely spend the calories on them, macadamia nuts are delicious!
How on earth do you stay slim if you keep on baking such sinfully delicious cookies? I know I would not be able to stop eating until they are all gone!
Yum! Making these this weekend because white chocolate macadamia nut cookies are my all-time favorite!
My all time favorite cookie!! I think I shall get to it!! Yum! Thank you! =)
Such a delicious combination! And Australian macadamias are soooooooooo good!
I am crazy over white chocolate…These are the type of cookies that would eat the whole batch and would ask for more…
You had me on White Chocolate & Macadamia & Butter, Liz! xx
2 sticks of butter? Now I know why these are my favorite cookies!!!! Of course the white chocolate helps too. 🙂 Great recipe!
I awlays get disappointed when I bite into a cookie and it’s not a white chocolate chip, it’s a nut, but when it’s both it’s great! These look super tasty!
I love the “skinny tips” section 🙂
I hope you had a good time at your school reunion. I went to mine at the end of last year and it was such a treat to catch up with people I care about yet rarely see. I love how you made two versions of these cookies xx
I used to bake a similar version with rolled oats when my boys were at home. Your recipe sounds so yummy xoxo
Those sound fantastic, too, Beverley!
Liz!!! I love these cookies!!! I love that you took them with you to your high school reunion! and love the skinny tip!!! when I am “detoxing or dieting” I tend to make sure we have no sweets or chips in the house. . love this tip!
These cookies look incredible, who could resist white chocolate and macadamias?!
Pass the plate around this way, please! They look delicious and I need one to go with my cup of coffee now,,,
These cookies make great snacks for the world cup, Liz! My guys will die for these! Lol!
I like it that you used macadamia. They’re lovely chews on cookies! Yum!
Julie
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This may be The Hubs next favorite cookie, after an old fashioned choco chip.
I love white chocolate macadamia cookies! These look fantastic!
Lizzy, I’ll eat your cookies, no questions asked! And I don’t want to think of the calories hah..hah…