Airbake Giant Cashew Chocolate Cookies

Total Time: 38 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup butter or 2/3 cup margarine, softened
• 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 (12 ounce) package vanilla baking chips or 1 (12 ounce) package chocolate baking bar, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups salted cashews, coarsley chopped
• 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325.
• 2 in a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. stir in egg and vanilla; mix until well blended.
• 3 stir in flour and soda.
• 4 add 1 1/2 cups (9 oz.) vanilla chips and 1 cup cashews; mix well.
• 5 shape dough into 2 inch balls. place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet; flatten slightly.
• 6 bake 15 to 18 minutes until golden brown. cool 10 minutes; remove to wire cooling racks. cool completely.
• 7 melt remaining 1/2 cup (3 oz.) vanilla chips. dip in an edge of each cookie and decorate with remaining chopped cashews. if desired, drizzle with melted chocolate.