White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

Inspired by Chew Out Loud

How have I not posted a recipe for White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies?? They're my husband's favorite cookie! Well, it is about time. I decided to do something nice for my hubby and make said favorite cookie today.

What you need:

3/4 cup granulated Sugar

1 cup packed Brown Sugar

3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened

2 large eggs

1 tbsp Vanilla Extract

1/2 tsp Almond Extract

3 cups Flour

1 tsp Salt

1/2 tsp Baking Soda

1 cup White Chocolate Chips

1/2 cup Macadamia Nuts

What you need to do:

1. Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Mix together sugars and softened butter together until  'fluffy' in a mixer.

3. Crack eggs into a separate small bowl, so the shell doesn't get in the mix. Add in eggs one at a time. Next, add almond and vanilla extract. Mix well.

4. In a separate bowl, add together all dry ingredients. 

5. Start your mixer and add in mixed dry ingredients, slowly. 

6. Once all mixed, on a greased cookie sheet or place parchment paper on your cookie sheet, placed small balls of cookie dough 2 inches apart. 

7. Bake for 10 minutes, until edges are a little brown.

8. Place on a cooling rack for about 3-5 minutes. 

9. Enjoy!

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My husband and I watched a documentary called Fat Head. Tom Naughton took the documentary Super Size Me to a whole new level. He wanted to prove that you can eat out like the guy from Super Size me and not gain weight. It was all about portion control when it came to carbs. Carbs has so much sugar in it that even if you're eating a 'diet' bread or cupcake there's still so much sugar in it.
Or something like that. My husband took more out of it. but I recommend watching it. It is eye opening. It's on Netflix watch instantly.

Anyway, so my husband and I are cutting out carbs for a little while. It's getting a little tough. I've been craving cupcakes and cookies. So I found these cookies when I was looking for some inspiration to do something without flour or with almond flour and right in front of my face were these cookies.

My Source: Culinary Couture

What you need:

1 cup Peanut Butter (I used Smart Balance)

1/2 cup Brown Sugar (Original called for a full cup but I wanted less sugar)

1/2 cup Splenda

1 Egg

(I added in a pinch of my homemade vanilla. It makes everything better.)

And you can also add chocolate chips!

What you need to do:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

MIX IT ALL TOGETHER. Don't even worry about dirtying your Kitchen Aid or Bosch. You can seriously whip this up real quick!

Bake for 9 minutes and let cool. Enjoy!

Makes 24 cookies

Per cookie:

54.9 Calories, 3.2 g Total Fat, 0.6 Saturated Fat, 15.5 mg Cholesterol, 26.0 mg Sodium, 53.4 mg Potassium, 7.6 g Total Carbohydrate, 0.3 g Fiber, 6.3 g Sugars

Snickers Brownies

So you'll need brownies, I used just a basic home made recipe:

• 1 1/2 sticks of butter
• 1 tbsp water
• 2/3 cups sugar
• 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chunks
• 1 tsp vanilla (I use more, about 1 tbsp, actually)
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder

Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 20 minutes in a 13 x 9 dish. MAKE SURE YOU SPRAY THE PAN!!!!
Cool completely before next step, maybe like 30-45 minutes





For the nugget-y topping:

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 a stick of butter
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 cup marshmallow creme
• 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 tsp vanilla

Mix together in a saucepan, and pour over brownies. Sprinkle dry, roasted peanuts on top.

 
Next: A Caramel topping:

• 40 caramels
• 1/4 cups water

Mix together in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly. Pour on top.


For the Chocolate topping:

•  1 cup semisweet chocolate chunks
• 1/4 cup butterscotch chips

In a saucepan, mix together on medium high heat until melted, pour on top

Refrigerate for at least one hour, but would be best if refrigerated over night.

And Voila!!!