Raise your hand if your a macadamia fan! Oh me! I AM! And when you wrap those salted roasted pieces of heaven with golden cookie dough that is filled with chunky pieces of white chocolate, what do you get? Heaven on a plate, I tell you.
These cookies are everything that’s right in the world. They are lumpy and bumpy with crisp golden edges and a soft centre that just about melts in your mouth. But most importantly, they are FULL of white chocolate and roasted macadamias. You are welcome!
I LOVE cookies. You KNOW I do. And these ones give the good ole’ Chocolate Chip Cookie a run for its money. I know there are some who don’t like white chocolate (who are you?) but in these cookies, its perfection.
Seriously nuts and chocolate are such a thing right? Like chocolate and peanut butter or chocolate and Oreos or chocolate and caramel… Hmm now that I think about it perhaps chocolate just goes with everything. I mean even a wrinkly sultana looks good when its covered in chocolate, right?
Remember my favourite cookie trick for gooey chocolate centres? Make sure you buy a block of white chocolate if you can and chop it nice and chunky rather than using chocolate chips. That’s how you get pockets of melted chocolate – like in my Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies.
And when you try these, be sure to snap a pic and tag me on Instagram @sweetestmenu #sweetestmenu – I love love love seeing your gorgeous creations! Happy cookie making friends!
White Chocolate and Macadamia Cookies
Makes 16 cookies
Ingredients
115 grams (1 stick or 1/2 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature
90 grams (1/2 cup) brown sugar
50 grams (1/4 cup) caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg, room temperature
210 grams (1 and 1/2 cup) plain flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cornflour
115 grams (3/4 cup) white chocolate chunks
60 grams (1/2 cup) roasted macadamia nuts, chopped
Line two baking trays with baking paper. In a large mixing bowl, add the butter and sugars and beat using an electric beater for a minute or two until smooth and creamy. Add the egg and the vanilla and beat until combined, scrapping down the sides. Add the sifted flour, baking soda and cornflour and stir using a wooden spoon. Add the chocolate chips and the macadamia nuts and mix through.
Preheat the oven to 180 C (360 F). Roll teaspoons of the mixture into balls and place on the baking trays, leaving room for the cookies to flatten out. Place in oven for 9-10 minutes or until golden brown on the edges and still soft and gooey in the middle. Leave to cool for 5-10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
I made these last night as a gift for a friend and they turned out so perfectly, exactly as you described!! I stole two but I had to use all my self control not to eat them all! Definitely making again 🙂
Grace, I am so glad to hear you loved these! They are still one of my all-time favourite cookies. It is lovely to hear you made them for a friend too – best present idea ever. Thanks for the lovely feedback x
Just seen this recipe. Looks great and yummy! Do these freeze well?
Hi Brenda, these cookies are one of my favourites! You can freeze the cookie dough and then thaw it out before baking but I wouldn’t recommend freezing the cookies are they are baked. Hope that helps! 🙂
How important is the teaspoon of corn flour and can it be replaced by cornstarch?
Hi Mary Kate, sorry for the confusion – you can definitely use cornstarch, it’s the same thing 🙂 You could also leave it out and the cookies will still be delicious, it simply helps to make them not too flat. Enjoy!
What is caster sugar?
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Hi Lisa, thanks for getting in touch! Caster sugar is a fine white sugar, in other countries it can be known as granulated sugar? I hope that helps! Let me know how you go!
These cookies look soooo good! I just want to pluck that stack right out of my screen! I am loving those gooey white chocolate chips, and I’m a big fan of macadamia nuts! This is a great way to mix it up when it comes to cookie baking 😀
Thanks Beeta! White chocolate goes so beautifully with macadamias!
I am one of those people in the not loving white chocolate camp, BUT I do love it IN things… Like cookies with macadamia nuts! Oh mama. Something about that combination is so right with the world, hahaha. These are calling my name, for sure!
Thanks Lynn, it is a dreamy combination right? 😉
You can’t get a better combination than chocolate (especially white!) and nut, so creamy and sweet! Such a perfect weekend treat!
I so agree! Thanks Lucie!
A soft centre that just about melts in your mouth? YES PLEASE! I want these…now!!
Thanks Lisa! 🙂
Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! Macadamia nuts are some of my absolute favorites, and I actually put them on the shopping list even before I saw this recipe. Fate? I think so! Can’t wait to bake them up into some delicious cookies. 🙂
Aww thanks so much Elizabeth! 😉 I think you must!
Macadamia nuts with white chocolate are the bestttt. LOVE these!!
Thanks Sues! 🙂
Ahhhh I love white chocolate and macadamia cookies! And the more white chocolate, the better! Is ti wrong that I want one (or three) of these for breakfast right now?
Totally agree! Err I won’t tell anyone 😉
Yesss! I looove white chocolate macadamia. My favorite cookie!!
Mine too Melissa! 🙂
Love love these classic!
Total classic! 🙂
Oh goodness! I am a major macadamia nut fan, these look divine!
Thanks Annie! 🙂
OMG that white chocolate looks so melty, gooey, and amazing! These cookies are so beautiful – I wish I could grab one off the screen 🙂
Aww thanks Rachel! 🙂
White chocolate and macadamia is my favourite bakery cookie combination! I cannot wait (CANNOT WAIT) to try these at home! Oh and I love that these have chunks of a white chocolate block in them rather than chips. More white chocolate = more betterer cookies (and no, there is no need for appropriate grammar when cookies are concerned). YUM Jess, YUM.
Mine too Amy! Let me know if you get a chance to make them! 😉
These cookies are one of the greatest inventions know to man. I could eat these all day long!
Me too Melissa, me too!
My hand is up!! Really high!! I’ll take a dozen of these beauties!
Aw thanks Mary Ann! I love macadamias too! 🙂