Best Cherry Macadamia Nut Cookies Recipes

WHITE CHOCOLATE MACADAMIA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour and baking soda; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in nuts and baking chips., Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on pans 1 minute. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Freeze option: Freeze cookies, layered between waxed paper, in freezer containers. To use, thaw before serving or, if desired, reheat on a baking sheet in a preheated 350° oven 3-4 minutes.

WHITE CHOCOLATE MACADAMIA CHERRY OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F
• Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or use silicon baking pads.
• Mix flour, baking soda and salt in medium bowl.
• Using electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and brown sugar in large bowl until well blended.
• Mix in egg and vanilla.
• Beat into flour mixture.
• Mix in oats, then white chocolate chips, cherries and macadamia nuts.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets, spacing two inches apart.
• Bake cookies 12 minutes. Switch and rotate baking sheets.
• Bake cookies until golden, about 6 minutes longer.
• Cool cookies on baking sheets (cookies will firm as they cool).

DRIED CHERRY, MACADAMIA AND WHITE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Pulse the oats in a food processor until some of it is fine and some of it is still very coarse. Dump the oats into a medium bowl and whisk in the flours, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In a large bowl, beat the butter and the sugars with a mixer at medium speed until very light, about 5 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until well blended. Beat in the vanilla.
• At low speed, add the flour mixture and mix until just combined. Using a rubber spatula or a wooden spoon, fold in the cherries, nuts and white chocolate chips. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill for at least 24 hours and up to 48 hours.
• Position the racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
• Roll about 2 teaspoons of dough into balls and place them on the lined baking sheets, leaving about 1 inch of space between them.
• Bake until the cookies are golden brown around the edges and the centers are pale golden and still soft, about 9 minutes. Let cool on wire racks for about 10 minutes, then transfer the cookies with a spatula to the racks to cool completely (or for as long as you can wait!).

WHITE CHOCOLATE CHERRY CHUNKIES (PAULA DEEN)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a medium bowl, with electric mixer, cream butter and sugars together until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until just combined. Set aside.
• Sift together flour, soda, and salt. Add milk to the butter mixture and then add the flour mixture. Mix until just combined.
• In another bowl, combine nuts, cherries, and white chocolate. Then add to batter, stirring only to blend. Drop by heaping tablespoons onto a greased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart. Bake for approximately 11 to 13 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

NO BAKE MACADAMIA NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Place white sugar, brown sugar, butter, milk, and carob powder in a large pan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Remove the pan from the heat, and stir in macadamia nut butter until dissolved. Stir in oatmeal until well incorporated. Drop onto a waxed paper lined cookie sheet, and place in the refrigerator to cool.

ALMOST CHERRY GARCIA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Plump the dried cherries by soaking them in boiling water to cover for a couple of minutes.
• Drain well and toss with cherry brandy.
• Let the cherries sit in the brandy for a couple of hours, or even overnight for the best flavor, then drain before using.
• Cream the butter with both sugars.
• Blend in the egg, vanilla and almond extracts.
• Fold in the salt, baking soda and flour.
• Fold in the cherries, white and dark chocolate and, if using, the macadamia nuts.
• Batter should be soft.
• Drop in generous tablespoons onto the baking sheets, leaving space between dollops of batter.
• Bake until lightly browned around the edges, 12-14 minutes.
• Cool on racks.