So i’ve been stuck inside for the past 5 days, studying. It has been absolutely gorgeous outside this past weekend and I haven’t enjoyed any of it. So at exactly 3:30 today, as I walked out of my first exam I decided two things. 1. I feel like baking. 2. Good god I need to go to the gym! Now, some people may think those two things don’t go together, but I think they go just well. I feel like i’ve been cooped up not doing anything & I need to get moving! And, as long as I’m burning all those extra calories, why not eat some cookies while im at it?? So I decided to buy some white chocolate wafers, and use the macadamia nuts we had at home to make cookies! These are really really really good. I don’t love white chocolate, but I like it in these cookies.

White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies

Recipe from Joy Of Cooking, 75th Anniversary Edition.

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 1 1/3 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup coarsely chopped macadamia nuts
• 1 cup coarsely chopped white chocolate

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350. Line or grease cookie sheets.
2. Whisk together flour and baking soda. Set aside.
3. Beat in a large bowl until light and fluffy, butter and both sugars. 
4. Beat in one at a time eggs and vanilla.
5. Stir in dry ingredients. Stir in macadamia nuts and white chocolate.
6. Drop by heaping measureing teaspoons 1 1/2 inches apart and bake for 15-18 minutes depending on how large you make them!

Her and I enjoyed a cookie, both macadamia and chicken flavored