WHITE CHOCOLATE COCONUT MACADAMIA NUT COOKIES
As the weather turns cold, I turn from grilling outdoors, making simple meals and light cooking. I crank up the oven, pull up my sleeves and get my baking mojo on. One of my favorite things to do is bake cookies. Each year it’s a new challenge to come up with that special cookie everyone will enjoy. As I was flipping through my cookbooks and searching the web I came across the Betty Crocker White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie; the perfect cookie to riff off of.
I received free products for writing this post. As always the opinions are entirely my own.
HOW TO MAKE A GREAT COOKIE AMAZING
- Quality ingredients: Use the best ingredients you can afford
- Don’t be afraid to add a few extras: Coconut, White Chocolate, Macadamia Nuts, etc…
- Make them pretty: Go the extra mile and package the cookies up prettily. It’s a great way to say you care.
For National Cookie Month I was given the cutest cookie tray packaging from Wilton. While known for their great bake ware, I was excited to see all the beautiful packaging for every type of occasion. The cookie tray kit is perfect for gift giving. The trays are pretty and come with cellophane wrapping, ribbon and adorable tags. Well worth the price and I don’t have to worry about trying to get my plate back. I love it.
- 1 cup packed India Tree Dark Muscavado Baking Sugar
(can use brown sugar)
- ½ cup Organic Sucanat
, unrefined sugar (can use granulated)
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 egg
- 2¼ cups white whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 6 ounces white chocolate, cut into chunks
- 6 ounces) macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped
- 1 cup flaked coconut
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Beat sugars, butter together until fluffy with electric mixer.
- Add vanilla and eggs, beat well.
- Stir in medium sized bowl flour, baking soda and salt.
- Add to sugar mixture and mix until all together.
- Stir in white chocolate, coconut and nuts.
- Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until light brown.
- Cool 1 to 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
Recipe adapted from Betty Crocker: White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
Be sure to check out my cookie month partners and their amazing recipes and tips for you this week.
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Sheila at Life, Love, and Good Food - Tessa at Homestead Lady
- Chris at Joybilee Farm
- Angi at Schneiderpeeps
- Wendy at The Monday Box
- Kathie at Homespun Seasonal Living
- Tessa at Homestead Lady
- Wendy at The Monday Box
- Lauren at Wicked Spatula
- Jess at The 104 Homestead
- Nikki at Nik Snacks
The following companies generously sponsored various cookie month projects. I may not have used all of them in my recipes, but this project is in no small part thanks to them and their incredible contributions: Bob’s Red Mill, The Daily Meal, India Tree, KerryGold, King Arthur Flour, Product of GIR, KaTom, SunButter & Wilton.
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Loved these cookies. Lots of flavor. Will make these again. I have purchased Wiltons packaging in the past and always have a few extra on hand for last minute gifts. Love the different package ideas. Thanks for the recipe.
Thanks sis! I sure do appreciate you, your kitchen and friendship. They were good weren’t they!
Thank you for joining in the fun at the Christmas Cookie swap Linky party. Pinned your yumminess! xo
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My husband would love these!! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!
Thanks. Always a pleasure.
Shari, this recipe is extraordinary! I want one now. 🙂
Pinned
Featured this week on the blog hop as one of our most viewed posts !!! Yipee!!
Shari, these look extraordinary!!! I wish I had one now.
This post was very popular at last week’s Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop so you will be featured this week. Yipee!
Thank you Sinea. I feel honored!
These look soooo good. I have a friend who doesn’t have a big sweet tooth, but she LOVES macadamia nuts, I’m going to have to make her these cookies soon, thanks for sharing 🙂
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Thanks Michelle. These cookies weren’t overly sweet. I loved them.
Hi Shari, these cookies look amazing! Love the white chocolate, macadamia and coconut combo! Visiting from Foodie Fridays, thanks for sharing!
Thanks Christy. You are always so encouraging.
Shari,
Stopping by to stumble these delicious looking cookies.
Blessings,
Diane Roark
You are so sweet. Thanks!
I love White Chocolate Macadamia cookies. As a matter of fact my friends and I pilfered an entire tray of them out of the cafeteria in college once… uh, never mind. Then you blow my mind by adding coconut.
Thanks for sharing on Tasty Tuesdays.
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Thanks for bringing a smile to my face! 🙂
Your cookies look so delicious!!!! I’m definitely pinning! Thank you so much for sharing on The Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop!!!
Thank you! I appreciate you sharing and I hope you enjoy them!
Ummmmm…I’ll take 10 of these…no make that 15. LOL YUM!
Thanks for joining the Link Up this week
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Thank Jess!
I love how thick and golden brown these are! Though I can’t eat macadamias, I know the coconut -white chocolate is a delicious combination! (The other commenters make it clear that the macadamias are a good addition to that combo!) They look great packaged up for gift giving!
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Thanks Wendy. The white whole wheat flour and muscovado sugar makes them hearty and delicious with the perfect balance between crisp and cakey.
Shari, I really have been doing so good at not eating very many sweets (bloggers bottom has hit with full force), but this would be worth the splurge! Hope all is well. Carrie, A Mother’s Shadow
I can relate to that Carrie. Being back in the OR is a constant reminder of what blogging for the last year has done to my stamina. In the next several weeks I’m hoping to shed a bit of my bloggers bottom!
WHITE CHOCOLATE COCONUT MACADAMIA NUT COOKIES are my husbands absolute favorite cookie. I love them too. Your cookies with the coconut sound really delicious. I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday.
Thanks for sharing.
Diane Roark
Thanks Diane. We loved them.
Shari, these are one of my favorite cookies and yours are lovely! Anyone would be thrilled to get a package of these yummy gems 🙂
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Thanks Sheila. They did not last long. 🙂
I am so making these as white chocolate macadamia nut cookies are absolutely my favorite cookie of all time. I am dying now to taste these and know if you put the recipe together they have to be out of this world. So, thank you Shari from the bottom of my heart for posting this cookie recipe here today!! 🙂
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Thanks Janine. I hope you enjoy them.