Macadamia Nut Cookies
These white chocolate macadamia nut cookies are chewy and soft, with crunchy nuts. They're super easy to make, and you can make them gluten-free!
Servings: 16 cookies
Calories: 269kcal
Ingredients
- 10 tablespoons salted butter or Earth Balance Buttery Spread
- 1 cup raw cane sugar or coconut sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 3/4 cups (219g) all-purpose flour or 1:1 gluten-free substitute (Bob’s Red Mill)
- 1.5 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- A pinch of salt
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup unsalted macadamia nuts
- ¾ cup white chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions
- Soften the butter slightly in the microwave for about 20 seconds.
- In the bowl of a standup mixer, add the butter, sugar, egg, and egg yolk, and cream together on medium-high speed for 2 minutes.
- Add the all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt on top of the wet ingredients, and mix to combine on medium speed.
- Add the vanilla and mix to combine.
- Add the macadamia nuts and the optional white chocolate chips, and mix to combine.
- Transfer the cookie dough to a Ziplock back and chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour (overnight is fine too.
- Preheat the oven to 350F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Remove the cookie dough from the Ziplock back and, using your hands or a cookie scoop, form the dough into balls. The balls should be roughly 2-2.5 inches in diameter.
- Place the dough balls on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper 2-3 inches apart and bake for 12 minutes or until just barely golden around the edges.
- Halfway through baking, remove the cookies from the oven and whack them on the counter. You will see them flatten and crack for a more visually appealing cookie.
Notes
- Store leftover cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 3 days, in the fridge for 1 week, or in the freezer for 6 months.
- Leftover dough can be stored in an airtight container in the freezer for up to 6 months.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 269kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 104mg | Potassium: 119mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 253IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 1mg