Desserts and Sweets

Double Chocolate Dried Cherries and Macadamia Nut Cookies

Last Updated on April 15, 2022 by Karen

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‘Tis the season for homemade baked goods!  You social calendar is probably filling up with holiday get-togethers and other cookie-appropriate events.  This year, I was so happy to have participated in the 3rd Annual Great Blogger Cookie Swap (I signed up the day before the deadline – phew!) hosted by Love & Olive Oil and The Little Kitchen.  In addition to providing the opportunity to share delicious cookies with bloggers from all of the country, the cookie swap serves a great cause, too!  This year, they partnered with non-profit organization Cookies for Kids’ Cancer and raised over $13,000 to fund new therapies used in the fight against pediatric cancer, which claims the lives of more children in the U.S. than any other disease.

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Each blogger is assigned to send three other bloggers each a dozen cookies.  In return, each blogger receives three dozen cookies made by three different bloggers.  It’s like a huge Secret Santa for food bloggers!

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I received Chocolate Covered Candy Cane Cookies and Praline Cookies from Stephanie of Plain Chicken, Cardamom Cookies from Amy of Stay and Have a Cookie, and Pecan Almond Shortbread Cookies from Allison of Creative Corps.  Thank you ladies for sharing the tasty treats with me – I enjoy them very much!

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In return, I sent the cookies to Jamie of Coffee with Us 3, Wendy of Over the Top Mommy, and Erin of Au Bon Gouter.

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I brought back a huge bag of roasted macadamia nuts from Hawaii, so I wanted to make some cookies with macadamia nuts and white chocolate.  Remember those from the mall?  Well, to take it up a notch, I added semisweet chocolate chunks and dried cherries (I used Cherry-go-round from Peeled Snacks).  A little over-the-top indulgence can’t hurt, right?

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Without further ado, here’s the recipe.  Enjoy!

Double Chocolate Dried Cherries and Macadamia Nut Cookies

Servings 36 cookies
Author Karen from The Tasty Bite

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 3/4 cup light brown sugar firmly packed
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup roasted macadamia nuts coarsely chopped
  • 1 cup dried cherries

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 large rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter with sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, then vanilla, and mix until well blended. Slowly add flour, baking soda and salt. Fold in white and semisweet chocolate chips, macadamia nuts, and dried cherries.
  • Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets, spacing two inches apart, and bake cookies until just golden, about 15-18 minutes. Cool on sheets for 10 minutes before transferring cookies to a wire rack.

 

5 Comments

  1. Your cookies look impeccably smooth! The more cookies I see that participated in the cookie swap, the more I want to try ALL of them. Lovely pics! :)

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