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”
I love these cookies, they are one of my favorites. I make a recipe that is similar to this one at Christmas time. I wish I could have one right now. Lizzy your pictures are always so beautiful and they make me so hungry.
These sound like a winner! They wouldn’t last long in my house and I’d probably be adding more Macadamia nuts for everyone except for my daughter – my mother-in-law terrified her of nuts as a child and now she won’t eat them. Go figure!
Growing up, my grandmother was a huge macadamia nut fan.
Yum, these look delicious and I love the white chocolate macadamia nut combination. I too would have to make some sans nuts as my kids don’t like to seem them in anything. Crazy kids.
Yum! I love macadamia nut cookies. I can’t bake anything like that, though, because I have no willpower! So I’d eat all of them.
I need to make some white chocolate macadamia cookies! They made up many desserts of my youth!
Oh my goodness, it’s only Tuesday and I think I need to wipe the keyboard down already from all the salivating. Don’t think they’re could be an even more perfect combo than white chocolate and the macadamia nuts. Delicious!
Hi Lizzy, there has not been any cookies that you’ve made that I didn’t crave for, and this is one of them. I love macadamia nuts, and white chocolate. Such an awesome pairing with these ingredients. Your cookies are super yummy and perfect shapes! xoxo
Oh Gosh.. white chocolate macadamia nut cookies are amazing and yours look so delicious 🙂
Mmmm…white chocolate macadamia nut cookies are the best and yours look perfect, Liz! I have zero will power so I try not to have snacks in the house. These cookies would be down right dangerous – I’d eat the entire batch in no time. Definitely worth the extra calories 😉
These would be worth whatever time on the treadmill it might take – though I think I’ll put my time in out in the garden. It’s definitely one of my absolute favorite flavor combos!
Love the cookies and the tip! I always ask my husband to hie the cookies and give me two for dessert so I am not tempted.
White chocolate and macadamia is the best combination. I forget about macadamia nuts. Thanks for a delicious reminder Liz.
I would even eat these sans the treadmill:@)
I am a sucker for cookies too and these definitely have my attention. I love that you added the nuts back for your half hehe – they look amazing!
I love cookies and I would love to have a dozen of these in front of me!
White chocolate and macadamia…too good to pass.
Good tips, I’ve been reading them all, Liz….
ela h.
That’s funny because I just made these not too long ago and was supposed to send them to my daughter. Supposed to being the key words here. These are a classic and need macadamias are what make them so decadent!
A divine combination, Liz. These would be a hit in our house.
This is my favorite cookie. Yours look perfect!