Day 8: White Chip, Cherry & Macadamia Nut Cookies

The other day "someone" asked me to try a "new" recipe. Soooo, here goes. Last night I went to Kroger and picked up the following:

• White chocolate chips
• Dried cranberries infused with cherry juice
• Macadamia nuts 

I set out to plan a recipe. I knew I wanted festive. I knew I wanted a chewy, deep flavor so I used only brown sugar. I knew I wanted white chocolate with something nutty, thought about pecans but went with Macadamia nuts instead. The result is below:

Here's what I learned...

• They are a wetter cookie batter (not bad just need to compensate)
• I needed to use parchment paper
• I like big cookies so they took 15 minutes to bake
• They would be AWESOME as a pan cookie drizzled with white chocolate

White Chip, Cherry & Macadamia Nut Cookies

1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature

1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar

2 extra large eggs

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 bag of white chocolate chips

1/2 - 1 cup Macadamia nuts

1 5oz bag of dried cranberries, cherries, blueberries...

• Heat oven to 350 degrees
• Cream butter and brown sugar on medium for 4 minutes or so (it changes consistency)
• Add eggs, one at a time on low speed, making sure the first one is incorporated before adding the second one
• Add vanilla, mix
• Add salt, baking powder and flour, incorporate well
• Fold in nuts and cherries
• Drop cookies on parchment lined sheets or spread in 13 x 9 (or so) pan.
• Bake: Large cookies for 15 minutes, small cookies for 8-10 minutes and pan for apps. 25-30 minutes.

I hop you enjoy. I thought they were fantastic. (I REALLY liked the cherry infused cranberries.) 

Eat Sweet!