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White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies

White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies

Cuisine:American

Course:Dessert

20m prep 15m cook 35m ready

About seventy-five 2 ½-inch cookies If desired, use heaping tablespoons of batter to make slightly larger, chewier cookies. For very large cookies, use a ⅓-cup measure, drop the dough 3 inches apart on the baking sheets, and bake for 18 to 20 minutes. You will have about 14 cookies. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease or line 2 baking sheets or cookie sheets with parchment paper.

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Ingredients

Servings:
  • 2 ½ cups (315g) all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 sticks (8 oz or 230g) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 ⅓ cups (265g) sugar
  • ⅔ cup packed (155g) dark brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • (Finely grated zest of 1 lemon)
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped macadamia nuts (about 4 oz or 115g)
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped white chocolate (about 4 oz or 115g)

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Let's Cook

  1. Step 1.

    Whisk together in a medium bowl: 2 ½ cups (315g) all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; ¼ teaspoon salt

  2. Step 2.

    Beat in a large bowl, or in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, until light and fluffy: 2 sticks (8 oz or 230g) unsalted butter, softened; 1 ⅓ cups (265g) sugar; ⅔ cup packed (155g) dark brown sugar

  3. Step 3.

    Beat in one at a time: 2 large eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla; (Finely grated zest of 1 lemon)

  4. Step 4.

    Stir the flour mixture into the butter-sugar mixture. Stir in: 1 cup coarsely chopped macadamia nuts (about 4 oz or 115g); 1 cup coarsely chopped white chocolate (about 4 oz or 115g)

  5. Step 5.

    Drop the dough by the heaping teaspoon about 1 ½ inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake until golden brown, 13 to 15 minutes, switching oven racks and rotating the sheets halfway through. Let cool on the sheets for 2 to 3 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

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