Few days back, a friend visited us from India. She was here for some business meeting and in between, she took off some time to visit us. We met after a year, so you can imagine how much talking happened that day 🙂
She and I worked in the same department which involved frequent short travels. Most of the times, we had to travel alone but there were few trips where we got lucky and we were in the same project. During these fun trips together, she introduced me to some of the amazing dishes and interesting ingredients. I keep telling her even today that she is one of the main reasons why I started enjoying food!
As soon she confirmed her visit, the first thing that came in my mind was what to cook for her!
I had just one day with her and didn’t want to spend the whole day in the kitchen. So, I made something simple. There was some pesto pasta, crispy baked tilapia and a savory crostata. Well, no picture or recipe for those yet.. may be someday when I make it again.
For dessert, I thought of cookies because I could make them in advance, she could pack and take some with her and who doesn’t like cookies, right?
The very first time I ate macadamia nut cookies were from Subway Restaurant. Eventually, it became my favorite and now every-time we buy subs, we pick up a couple of those cookies. They are buttery, soft, a little chewy with crunchy bites in between.. yummmy!
I didn’t chop the nuts too small, just in halves or quarters. And I used white and butterscotch chocolate chips, but you can use whatever you like. Or skip the chocolate chips and let the nuts be the hero of the cookies.
I am not much of a baker and baking cookies has always been a challenge for me. It doesn’t come out perfect all the time and luck always plays a very important role. This time, thankfully, it was in my favor and cookies came out really nice.
I agree that the shape doesn’t look too fancy but it definitely tasted amazing 🙂
recipe adapted from here
Chocolate Chips Macadamia Nuts Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
- 1-1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 1 tbs vanilla extract
- 1 cup macadamia nuts
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup butterscotch chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix the flour with salt and baking soda.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the egg, egg yolk, sugar and butter until they are mixed properly.
- Add vanilla extract and whisk again for a couple of minutes.
- Pour the flour mix into the egg mix and mix them properly.
- Add the macadamia nuts, white chocolate chips and butterscotch chocolate chips.
- Then, mix it to the cookie dough using a rubber spatula.
- Pre-heat the oven to 325 F and line a parchment paper on a baking sheet.
- Using a spoon, drop a ball of the dough in the baking sheet.
- Wet your hands and press the dough to flatten it a little.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until the edges are slight brown in color. When you touch in the middle, it should not be hard enough.
- Take out the sheet from the oven and let the cookie rest on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before you pick them up.
- Let it cool completely before you store them in a jar.
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Manu
September 22, 2011 at 11:29 PMMmmmmI love macademia nut and white choc chip cookies! They are my favourite! :-))) Great job here Kankana! And beautiful pictures as always!
Nami | Just One Cookbook
September 22, 2011 at 11:35 PMWhat are you talking about Kankana, these cookies came out perfectly! If you say you are not much of a baker after making those bread and sweets…I’m in trouble. I’m far behind you! lol. It sounds like you had a great time with your old friend. I love a friend visit too. It’s fun and make me feel young again (esp if they are old friends). Back to the cookies, I also love the big chunk of macadamia nuts too. My ex-coworker introduced me macadamia nuts with white chocolate (I’m usually a fan of dark chocolate) but ever since I tried, I’m hooked with the cookie with these nuts. Your photos are amazing as always and definitely made me craving for these cookies!
purabi naha
September 23, 2011 at 12:06 AMInteresting recipe. Even I knew about macademia nuts when I came to HK. The pictures look very tempting! I can eat a dozen at a time.
Anita Menon
September 23, 2011 at 1:07 AMThose are perfection! Look so beautiful. you have plenty misconceptions about yourself. You are a brilliant baker. I am sure your friend would agree too.
Spandana
September 23, 2011 at 1:20 AMI am drooling over your picture kankana… And they are really perfect 🙂
Sissi
September 23, 2011 at 2:10 AMI am sure that your cookies taste 100x better than the ones from Subway! They look gorgeous.
nisha
September 23, 2011 at 2:16 AMi love the addition of nuts in the cookies..must give it a go sometime. Love the flour pic.. 🙂
chinmayie @ love food eat
September 23, 2011 at 2:21 AMCookies look perfect! Sounds like a great flavour combo too!
Baker Street
September 23, 2011 at 2:35 AMI did white chocolate, cranberries and macadamia! They are all time fav. Gorgeous clicks as always K!
Kala
September 23, 2011 at 2:51 AMThis recipe sounds so good. White chocolate chips and macadamia nuts sound like a wonderful combination.
Laurel @ Lolly's Sweet Treats
September 23, 2011 at 5:13 AMYour pictures are beautiful and the cookies look scrumptious. I’m glad you were able to catch up with your friend.
gloria
September 23, 2011 at 6:24 AMThese cookies look delicious!! gloria
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September 23, 2011 at 6:56 AMThese cookies look so tasty. I have had with the white chocolate, but the butterscotch is a wonderful addition. your pictures are stunning. Great post.
Sandra's Easy Cooking
September 23, 2011 at 7:14 AMAwesome cookies Kankana, and yes they did came out PERFECT!! anything coming out of your kitchen look and sound perfect:) and I am 100% serious!:))
the first think that I do is also cook for my friends:) I guess that like life of a foodie:) Great clicks!
Kitchen Belleicious
September 23, 2011 at 7:26 AMwe both know how much i love my cookies. Why oh why do you do this to me. Not that i don’t want to make them but the cookie lover in me says I MUST make them like today- during grant;s nap. they look irrestible!
Life is Full
September 23, 2011 at 8:27 AMThese cookies look yummy and I love your artistic photos! I’m sure your friend had a wonderful visit with you too!
Divya
September 23, 2011 at 11:09 AMMacadamia nuts are one of my favorites – they have a buttery texture that no other nut has. As usual the pictures look amazing! Yum! 🙂
Jamie @ the unseasoned wok
September 23, 2011 at 11:16 AMThe cookies look beautiful and totally scrumptious!! I don’t believe you when you say you’re not a baker!!
I love the photograph of the macadmia nuts. So creative!!
Tina (PinayInTexas)
September 23, 2011 at 11:55 AMOh my goodness…macadamia nuts and chocolate chips! I can eat a dozen of those cookies in one sitting! LOL
Krithi
September 23, 2011 at 11:55 AMThese are so beautifully done Kankana.. You should not say you are not much of a baker.. You have done a great job!!
I too love macadamia nuts…1 yr in Hawaii.. how can I not love it…
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Sobha Shyam
September 23, 2011 at 12:41 PMthose are yummy cookies, a lovely recipe and amazing clicks..
Suzi
September 23, 2011 at 12:53 PMThese cookies sound amazing and I bet they are tasty, they certainly look delicious. I am going to try and make these, I’m not much of a baker but I am still goingto try, love butterscotch.
rebecca
September 23, 2011 at 2:15 PMgreat cookies and you can’t beat meeting up with old friends
Katherine Martinelli
September 23, 2011 at 3:53 PMWhite chocolate macademia nut cookies were my favorite as a kid so these bring back memories! Great recipe.
Kalyani
September 23, 2011 at 8:12 PMlooks delicious and yummy !!!!!!!
Lauren
September 23, 2011 at 8:46 PMOh, wow! Adding in butterscotch chips sounds awesome! Great recipe!
Ann
September 23, 2011 at 9:14 PMIt looks amazing! There’s something about macadamia nuts in cookies. Such a terrific taste and texture! Thanks for sharing the recipe and your beautiful photos!
Alyssa
September 23, 2011 at 9:18 PMThose cookies would not last long in this house! Your pictures are beautiful, as always:)
Christine
September 23, 2011 at 10:10 PMLove this. I could eat a lot of these cookies. Yum!
Treat and Trick
September 23, 2011 at 10:13 PMPerfect combo and looks irresistible!
Sutapa
September 24, 2011 at 1:04 AMYour cookies are too tempting! Love to make some in this festive season but I am sure I have to make many batches …it will finish within seconds!:)
Ramona
September 24, 2011 at 3:55 AMI love this combination of white chocolate and macadamia nuts! I had them once and I never liked white chocolate until I had it combined this way. I think they are perfectly lovely cookies and your pictures are outstanding. Your food styling is very nice and I’m taking notes how to do my pictures better. 🙂
Barefeet In The Kitchen
September 24, 2011 at 7:01 AMYum. Yum. Yum. This is one of my favorite cookie combinations ever. Yours look great. (We’re always our worst critics, aren’t we?)
Jay
September 24, 2011 at 10:12 AMwat an interesting presentation…gorgeous cliks speak of their taste..:)
Tasty Appetite
Kalyan
September 24, 2011 at 10:19 AMWish a cup of coffee was atleast near, if not these lovely cookies…simply looks mouthwatering and quite easy to prepare…nice clicks too!
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September 24, 2011 at 11:45 AMBeautiful clicks! Bet those cookies with macadamias taste heavenly!
Charles
September 24, 2011 at 12:20 PMThat last photo but one – those are macadamia nuts? I never ate many macadamia nuts in my life, certainly never baked with them. They seem hugely popular in the US but they’re almost never seen in Europe. I’d always imagined they’d look more like cashew nuts! Beautiful cookies, perfect to dunk into a cup of tea 😀
Kankana Saxena
September 24, 2011 at 12:23 PMyes those are macadamia nuts 🙂 buttery and delicious! Thanks a lot of liking it 🙂
Kankana Saxena
September 24, 2011 at 12:24 PMSo glad you liked it . I personally was embarrassed about the shapes and was thinking twice if I really should put it up in the blog! 🙂
Shilpa Sharma
September 24, 2011 at 2:03 PMAbsolutely beautiful looking cookies and gorgeous photography as always….
Chef Dennis
September 24, 2011 at 7:07 PMthose cookies look heavenly! I love macadamia nuts and you certainly have put them to good use in your cookies! Gorgeous images!
athena
September 24, 2011 at 8:00 PMNot sure what you mean, these cookies look awesome! Even though a lot of my baked goods come out not-so-pretty, I post anyway 😉 Love mac nuts in cookies… will have to try the butterscotch combo.
Sanjeeta kk
September 25, 2011 at 11:07 AMWow…now I know what would I be treated with when I visit you 🙂 Beautiful crispy cookies!
torviewtoronto and createwithmom
September 25, 2011 at 11:46 AMyummy looking fabulous cookies 🙂
Christine
September 25, 2011 at 1:08 PMCongrats on Foodbuzz top 9!
Kim Bee
September 25, 2011 at 4:45 PMCongrats on top 9!
globe-trotter
September 25, 2011 at 5:44 PMI will eat them vicariously through you, I really just want to dive in, mac cookies are one of my favorites, I can’t remember the first time I had one .. oh wait, yes I can, by Pepperidge Farm (are they still around)? I love how all of us can remember our first bite into one of those fab cookies…
Ally
September 25, 2011 at 5:46 PMAll of the flavors in these cookies sound totally harmonious. Love!
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dudut @mytwistedrecipe
September 25, 2011 at 9:15 PMi will not pass on a chocolate chip cookie, not to mention macadamia! such a goodie!
nice entry, thanks for sharing!
Umm Mymoonah
September 26, 2011 at 12:10 AMLove the bite of nuts in the cookies, yummy!
For coconut ladoos, yes you can use packaged grated coconut too 🙂
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September 26, 2011 at 12:29 AMThese cookies had my (and some more of or friend’s) names written on them until someone very conveniently forgot to bring them! Now I am more bitter after seeing how good they look. Not fair 🙂
LOVE the recipe and your gorgeous shots Kankana. Good work!
Kalyani
September 26, 2011 at 1:56 AMyuumy looking cookies ! first time here, and happy to follow you 🙂
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Shabs
September 26, 2011 at 2:51 AMI love macadamia nuts and those cookies look just perfect : D .
Rosa
September 26, 2011 at 7:06 AMGorgeous cookies! I bet those are irresistible. What a divine combination.
Cheers,
Rosa
My Wandering Spoon
September 26, 2011 at 9:41 AMCookies are amazing and photos so beautiful:)
https://mywanderingspoon.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/crepes-suzette-kids-friendly-recipe/
lipsy
September 26, 2011 at 9:52 AMm drooling over those cookies…perfect tea time snacks!!!
priya mahadevan
September 26, 2011 at 12:00 PMI eat with my eyes as I cannot eat with my mouth 🙂 I am happy you engaged the lesser evil sense! Trying to lose some lbs before my India trip dear and this certainly ain’t helping – seeing such delicious cookies – sigh!
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cheers, priya
aipi
September 26, 2011 at 1:02 PMThose look ridiculously good n is super addictive I bet :)Elegant clicks!
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September 26, 2011 at 1:33 PMKankana, I can eat these cookies anytime of the day dear.
I am sure they taste divine but they do look perfect too….
Chewy cookies are my weakness.
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Enjoy!!!!
Priyanka
September 26, 2011 at 1:54 PMThey are so yummy…..treat me 🙂
Kiran @ KiranTarun.com
September 26, 2011 at 7:07 PMAre you kidding me about perfectly shaped cookies? Homemade cookies as yummy looking as those, mustn’t look perfect at all 😀
Namrata
September 26, 2011 at 7:12 PMthanks for those cookies Kankana and all the fantastic food! I hope to be your hand model soon 🙂
bakerbynature
September 27, 2011 at 3:31 AMSo funny – I too experienced my first white chocolate macadamia nut cookie from SUBWAY. Your version looks absolutely scrumptious!
Muskaan
October 4, 2011 at 6:21 AMWhite chocolate & Macadamia Nuts is lovely combo..to start with…beautiful pictures to tag along..lovely space, I am glad I found your blog..
Happy to follow you..
Cheers,
Muskaan
Sandhya
November 29, 2011 at 11:34 AMI loved the Macademia and White chocolate cookie .. , that I had at Subway .. Glad u could make something similar.. I m sure to try them tooo…
izyan d.
July 11, 2012 at 12:47 AMMacadamia nuts are so expensive from where I come from. 🙁 perhaps I’ll substitute with other nuts. I’m sure they’ll work fine too, right?