Best Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

Total Time: 58 mins Preparation Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 8 ounces premium baking chocolate, such as el rey (i used store brand chips, worked fine, but i didn't do the grating step)
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 large egg, slightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract, preferably madagascar bourbon
• 1/2 cup macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f.
• 2 in 8-inch saute pan, bring butter to golden brown (~5 to 8 minutes).
• 3 stir in brown sugar and let stand in refrigerator for 45 minutes.
• 4 grate 3oz chocolate. coarsely chop remaining 5oz. set aside.
• 5 combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. set aside.
• 6 place cooled butter in mixer. using the paddle attachment, add granulated sugar and beat until fluffy.
• 7 beat in egg and vanilla.
• 8 beat in dry ingredients.
• 9 add grated chocolate and macadamia nuts. stir until combined.
• 10 note: i refrigerated my dough while i heated up the oven here.
• 11 roll dough into 1 1/2-inch balls. dip top in coarsely chopped chocolate. (i skipped this step) place on non-stick cookie sheet, spaced 3-inches apart.
• 12 bake for 15-20 minutes. (be careful, i cooked my cookies only ~8 minutes. watch them to see!) cool on rack.
• 13 store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week.