our recipe trove .:. White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 9 minutes
Serves: 4 dozen
Ready In: 45 minutes

1/2 cupbutter, softened
1/2 cupshortening
3/4 cupbrown sugar
1/2 cupwhite sugar
2eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
2 1/2 cupsflour
1 tspbaking soda
1/2 tspsalt
1 cupmacadamia nuts or almonds
1 cupwhite chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C)

Cream butter, shortening, and sugars until smooth

Add eggs and extracts. Beat well

Combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir into the creamed mixture

Add macadamia nuts and chocolate chips. Mix well

Drop by the heaping teaspoon onto ungreased cookie sheets

Bake for 8-9 minutes, or until edges are barely golden brown. Cool

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Make sure to use half shortening and half butter: the added shortening keeps the cookies from being too flat!