White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2014. I hope this year brings exciting new adventures for you. I think I'll help you get started with this recipe for white chocolate macadamia nut cookies. That is an exciting adventure, if I do say so myself. 

I've always loved white chocolate macadamia nut cookies. Maybe it is that whole sweet and salty thing. You know, the best of both worlds. Although, I am a die-hard chocolaholic, I still put these cookies at the top of my favorites list. Aside from their amazing flavor, I love how they hold their shape and stay nice and fluffy, that is due in part to chilling the dough before baking it. Make sure you don't miss that important step. 

I'm sure you are going to love them as much as I do. Start the new year with this new recipe, and enjoy the adventures of 2014.

Ingredients:
1 cup Unsalted Butter, room temperature
3/4 cup Brown Sugar, firmly packed
3/4 cup Sugar
2 Large Eggs, room temperature
2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
1 cup Soy Flour
3/4 cup Potato Starch
3/4 cup Tapioca Starch/Flour
1/4 cup Corn Starch
1 1/2 teaspoons Xanthum Gum
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 jar Macadamia Nuts (approximately 1 cup), cut in quarters
1 cup White Chocolate Chips

Directions:
In a medium bowl, whisk together the soy flour, potato starch, tapioca starch, corn starch, xanthum gum, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

Cut the macadamia nuts in quarters. Set aside.

In a standmixer bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar and sugar until fluffy.

Add the eggs.

Add the vanilla.

Slowly add the dry ingredients.

Add the macadamia nuts.

Add the white chocolate chips. Mix just until combined.

Using a medium scoop, scoop the cookie dough into balls and place in a container with wax paper between the layers. Refrigerate cookie dough balls for at least one hour. 

Preheat the oven to 350° F.

Place the cookie dough balls on silicone lined cookie sheets - 8 per sheet.

Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 16-18 minutes.

Cool on the cookie sheets for 2 minutes, then transfer to cooling racks to cool completely.

Look at those golden delicious disks of goodness! How long can you wait before you have to make (and eat) these? 

"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Lots of people place a lot of importance on New Year's Day - like it is the best day of the year, because of new beginnings, etc. But really every day is a new beginning, so make every day the best day.

~Sheryl