White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies are my absolute favorite cookies. Cookies get even better when you add flaky salt! Emma’s chocolate chip cookie recipe is absolutely legendary, so today I’m excited to add my own favorite recipe to our cookie collection.

I’ve recently started a new tradition of offering afternoon snacks when my kids come home from school. Every day they run through the doors and straight to the table to see what snack is waiting for them.

The day I made these cookies, our 4 year old was over the moon and so excited that she drank 3 full glasses of oat milk along with her cookies. If that isn’t childhood magic, then I don’t know what is!

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These cookies for this recipe are soft, chewy, and buttery. The flaky salt and macadamia nuts contrast with the white chocolate for the perfect sweet and salty combo.

I like crunchy cookies, but for this recipe I was sure I wanted them to be soft and fluffy – the kind of cookies that would still be perfect in our cake stand days later.

I love keeping baked goods in our house all week long. Scalloped cookies can become dry very quickly, so I prefer slightly underbaked recipes that retain that doughy goodness.

tips

Chill your dough. As a result, the biscuits do not spread too much and become nice and fluffy.
Use a cookie scoop if you’re having trouble getting your cookies to a consistent size; This tool will make it easier.
Bake until light golden edges appear. Take your cookies out of the oven at this point to keep your cookies soft on the inside.
Enjoy straight from the oven with a large glass of milk!

Can You Freeze Macadamia Nut Cookies?

Yes. You can freeze these cookies as dough balls for several months and bake them later. To bake a frozen cookie, you don’t have to thaw it. Instead, just add a few extra minutes to the baking time.

Can I use salted butter?

Since there is no added salt in this recipe (other than the flaky salt above), you can substitute salted butter. I don’t think it would cross the line into overly salty territory. Unsalted is preferred when possible.

Can I use a substitute (vegan butter, sugar substitute, etc.)?

Sure you can! I have not tested these options. If you do, please leave us a comment and let us know what you think.

We have hundreds of easy-to-prepare recipes (check out our desserts too). Whatever your favorite cookie is, we probably have a recipe for it! If not, we’d love to hear your query.

Here are a few of my personal favorites: classic thumbprint cookies, no-bake cookies (my husband’s absolute favorite), and royal icing sugar cookies because the esthete in me spends hours decorating with royal icing a few times a year.

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xx, Elsi