White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
These cookies are crispy on the edges with a tender middle. The white chocolate chips add the perfect amount of creamy sweetness and the macadamia nuts have the crunch to balance it all out!
Servings 14 cookies
Cost $8
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Cold Butter Cubed
- 1 Cup Brown Sugar
- 1 Cup Granulated Sugar
- 2 Large Eggs
- 2 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- 2 3/4 Cups All Purpose Flour
- 3 TBSP Corn Starch
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Kosher Salt
- 1 1/2 Cups White Chocolate Chips
- 1 Cup Macadamia Nuts Roughly Chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a large bowl cream together butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar for 3 minutes on medium speed.
- Add in eggs and vanilla and mix until well blended.
- In a separate bowl whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda and salt then slowly add to the wet ingredients.
- Blend until the flour is halfway incorporated. You don't want to over mix the dough.
- Add in the white chocolate chips and chopped macadamia nuts.
- Finish mixing until the flour is just incorporated.
- Using a large cookie scoop* or 1/4 cup measuring cup, scoop up dough and place onto a large plate.
- Chill in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours.
- Place 6 dough balls onto a baking sheet. Make sure to space them evenly apart.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
- Add a few more white chocolate chips to the top of each cookie immediately after removing from the oven.
- Let them cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet then transfer to a cooling rack.
- Repeat with the remaining dough.