Macadamia Buttercranberry Cookies Recipes

MACADAMIA BUTTER COOKIES WITH DRIED CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• Whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg. Set aside.
• Place the macadamia nuts in a food processor. Process until smooth, about 2 minutes.
• In a large bowl, combine processed macadamia nuts, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, and brown sugar using an electric mixer at medium speed. Add vanilla extract and egg. Beat well. Gradually add flour mixture to sugar mixture, beating at low speed just until combined. Dough will be thick. Stir in cranberries. Chill dough 10 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375°. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
• Place 1 tablespoon granulated sugar in a small bowl. Roll dough into balls about 1-inch in diameter. Lightly press each ball into sugar. Place cookie balls, sugar side up, on prepared baking sheets. Gently press the top of each cookie with a fork twice to form a crisscross pattern. Dip fork in water as needed to keep it from sticking to cookies.
• Bake cookies (1 baking sheet at a time) for 9-11 minutes, or until golden. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

WHITE CHOCOLATE MACADAMIA CRANBERRY DREAMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. Cream together white sugar, light brown sugar and butter (do not use shortening). Stir in slightly beaten eggs and vanilla.
• Add flour mixture until just mixed. Stir in vanilla chips, macadamia nuts and dried cranberries.
• Drop dough on an ungreased cookie sheet by small scoop or rounded teaspoon. Bake in preheated oven until cookies are just set, about 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool. Cookies will sink slightly.
• Variations: To make chocolate cookies, omit 1/2 cup flour and replace with 1/2 cup cocoa. To make refrigerator cookies: Roll dough into 2 rolls, wrap with plastic wrap and chill or freeze. (If you freeze the dough, thaw for at least 1/2 hour before cutting). Slice 1-inch slices; cut into 4 and place on baking sheet point up. For fancier cookies: Drizzle melted white chocolate on chocolate cookies and melted dark chocolate on the white cookie. Enjoy!

MACADAMIA BUTTER/CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• In food processor, process nuts and butter until smooth.
• In large bowl, combine macadamia nuts, butter and sugars.
• Beat in vanilla and egg.
• Combine dry ingredients. Stir into sugar mixture. Mix in cranberries. Chill 10 minutes.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls. Dip into sugar and place on baking sheet covered with parchment paper.
• Press each cookie with a fork. Dip fork in water and press cookie again to form crisscross pattern. Bake at 375º for 10 minutes.

MACADAMIA BUTTER COOKIES WITH DRIED CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Process nuts in a food processor until it forms a smooth buttery paste (2-3 minutes). Combine macadamia butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, beat with a mixer at medium speed. Add vanilla and egg; beat well.
• Combine flour, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; stir with a whisk. Beat slowly at low speed until just combined (mixture will be very thick).
• Stir in cranberries.
• Chill dough for 10 minutes.
• Divide chilled dough into 30 equal portion, roll into a ball. Press each ball into sugar; place each ball, sugar side up, on baking sheet.
• Gently press each cookie with fork, forming a criss-cross pattern.
• Bake cookies for 9-12 minutes. Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack.

MACADAMIA & CRANBERRY AMERICAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Melt 170g of the chocolate, then allow to cool. Beat in the butter, eggs, sugars and vanilla, preferably with an electric hand whisk, until creamy. Stir in the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and cranberries with two-thirds of the remaining chocolate and macadamias, to make a stiff dough.
• Using a tablespoon measure or a small ice-cream scoop, drop small mounds onto a large baking dish, spacing them well apart, then poke in the reserved chocolate, nuts and berries. Bake in batches for 12 mins until pale golden, leave to harden for 1-2 mins, then cool on a wire rack.
• To freeze, open-freeze the raw cookie dough scoops on baking trays; when solid, pack them into a freezer container, interleaving the layers with baking parchment. Use within 3 months. Bake from frozen for 15-20 mins.