WHITE CHOCOLATE AND MACADAMIA NUT CHEWY COOKIES

White chocolate and macadamia nut chewy cookies image

Provided by sarahpounde

Time 20m

Yield Makes 20 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 11

250g Plain flour
2g Baking powder
170g Butter (melted)
220g Light muscavado sugar
100g Caster sugar
15ml Vanilla extract
1 Egg
1 Egg yolk
200g White cooking chocolate
100g macadamia nuts
A pinch of salt if using unsalted butter

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 160 degrees C (325 degrees F) Line your baking trays with parchment paper.
Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl (Add salt if required)
In a separate bowl, mix together the butter and sugars until combined.
Add the egg, extra egg yolk and vanilla to the butter/sugar mixture. Mix until a nice and creamy consistency.
Gradually mix in the flour/baking powder until combined
Chop up the white chocolate/macadamia nuts into 1cm (approx) pieces and add into the cookie dough mix.
Roll into golf ball sizes balls and flatten slightly onto you lined baking trays. Place them approx 3 inches apart. Place them into your preheated oven and cook for 15 minutes. Once 15 minutes has passed take them out of the oven and leave them on the baking trays for 5 minutes to firm up. After 5 minutes they can be placed onto a cooling rack. They will look under cooked but they will harden up once cooled on a cooling rack.