Baking Adventures: White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

My friend Jen and I had a conversation a while ago about white chocolate. It's technically not real chocolate, it's just cocoa butter that's been sweetened, there are no cocoa solids within it. I don't seek out white chocolate to eat, I will usually only use it when making chocolate covered strawberries, or in triple chocolate cookies. However, one thing Jen and I both really enjoy that has white chocolate is white chocolate macadamia nut cookies. You've all seen these large cookies being sold in little foil lined bags from a certain "farm," and they're fantastic! It just so happens that my favorite chocolate chips make white chocolate varieties, and they also have a recipe for the cookies on the bag!

Combine 2 sticks of room temperature butter with 1 1/2 cups white sugar and 1 cup brown.

Add 2 eggs one at a time with 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract and mix.

Add 1/2 tsp baking soda with 2 cups of flour to the mix, and beat to combine.

You'll notice that I didn't add salt. That's because the only macadamia nuts I could find were dry roasted with salt. I didn't feel like soaking them over night, this was an immediate satisfaction type of situation. I ground up one small jar (8 oz) and set aside to mix into the mixture with the white chocolate chips.