How to Make White Chocolate Chunk Cookies

These cookies are for the white chocolate fan. (Be a little cautious when serving them to confirmed chocoholics - "real" chocolate lovers can sometimes get testy when presented with white chocolate.) Buy the highest-quality white chocolate you can for this recipe. Makes about 35 cookies.

Things You'll Need

• Cookie Sheets
• Cooling Racks
• Measuring Cups
• Measuring Spoons
• Mixing Bowls
• Mixing Spoons
• Oven Mitts
• Cookie sheets
• Oven mitts
• Mixing bowls
• Measuring cups
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 1/2 c. granulated sugar
• 2/3 c. light brown sugar
• 1 1/2 c. softened unsalted butters
• 1 c. macadamia nuts
• 1 c. white chocolate - cut in chunks
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 2 1/2 c. all-purpose flour

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 325 degrees F.

2. Beat the butter, sugar and brown sugar until light and creamy.

3. Meanwhile, stir together the flour, baking soda and salt.

4. When the butter is creamy, add the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla.

5. Add the flour mixture slowly, and when it is almost all incorporated, add the macadamia nuts and white chocolate.

6. Stir together well.

7. Drop tablespoon-sized rounds on cookie sheets and bake for 15 minutes, or until edges just start to turn golden.

8. Remove the cookies from the cookie sheets to cool so the white chocolate doesn't melt too much.

Tips & Warnings

• White chocolate is not technically real chocolate, because it doesn't contain any cocoa solids. White chocolate is a mixture of cocoa butter, dairy solids, vanilla and sugar. Unfortunately, many white chocolates on the market don't contain any cocoa butter; for this recipe, use only those that do.