White Chocolate and Macademia Nut Cookies
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies have that perfect salty and sweet combo going on. This classic recipe is a crowd pleaser and uses pantry-ready ingredients like butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, decadent white chocolate chips, and chopped macadamia nuts.
Servings: 30 cookies
Calories: 249kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups white chocolate chips
- 1 cup macadamia nuts coarsely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Cream together butter, granulated sugar, eggs, brown sugar, and vanilla extract.
- Whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda in a separate bowl.
- Slowly add the flour mixture to the wet mixture and mix well.
- Add the white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts and mix just until the ingredients are incorporated.
- Using a two-inch cookie scoop, place the cookies on the prepared baking sheets, leaving about 2 inches between each scoop.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies turn a slight golden brown color. Remove from the oven and place the cookies on a cooling rack. Cool completely before serving. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Chill the Dough: Chilling the dough for 24-72 hours will yield a thick, chewy cookie with a more developed flavor. If you have the time, it’s worth it to get the best texture!
- Measuring the Flour: Using a digital kitchen scale to measure the flour can help you get a more accurate measurement than with standard measuring cups.
- Keep the Butter Out of the Fridge: Keeping the butter at room temperature means that it aerates properly when you cream it together with the other ingredients. When pressed with a finger, the sticks of butter should give slightly but still hold their shape.
- Salted vs. Unsalted Macadamia Nuts: You can decide whether you want salted or unsalted nuts for this recipe– both will work just fine.
- To Keep the Cookies Soft After Baking: Put a piece of bread in the cookie jar to keep them moist and fresh for longer. This tip totally works!
Nutrition
Calories: 249kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 151mg | Potassium: 81mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 211IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 1mg