Cookie, Cookie, Cookie Starts with C

I usually pick up a bag or two of chocolate chips when they are on sale and keep them in the pantry or the freezer for those times that MyGirl or I decide to bake.  Lately, we've been using the Cadbury chocolate chip cookies recipe which calls for a low temperature and shorter baking time.  This results in soft and chewy cookies.

I don't know about you, but when I think of soft and chewy cookies, I think of Subway cookies.   And when I think of Subway cookies, I think of white chocolate and macadamia nut cookies.

So guess what... we were suddenly craving white chocolate and macadamia nut cookies the other week.

When we managed to gather up all the needed ingredients, we set out to satisfy our cravings.  MyGirl baked us a superbly yummy batch of cookies last Sunday.

White Chocolate and Macadamia Nut Cookies

 Makes 20-22 big cookies 

1/2 c butter
1/2 c brown sugar
1/3 c caster sugar
1 egg
1 t vanilla
1 1/2 c self-raising flour
1/2 c roughly chopped macadamia nuts
1/2 c white chocolate chips 

Cream butter, brown sugar and caster sugar until light and fluffy
Whisk in egg and vanilla
Stir in flour
Fold in nuts and chips
Place golf ball sized ball on a greased or lined trays
Bake in pre-heated oven at 160 C (320 F) for 10-15 minutes
For soft, chewy cookies, pull out cookies from the oven while they are still soft. 

(For regular chocolate chip cookies, use 3/4 cups of chocolate chips instead of nuts and white chocolate chips.  For chocolate cookies with white chocolate chips, add 1/2 c of cocoa to the flour and replace the macadamia nuts with white chocolate chips for a total of 1 c white chocolate chips.)