White chocolate, Cranberry & Macadamia cookies
A selection of Christmas cookies to bake this Festive season.
Servings 30 Makes approx 30 cookies
Calories 173kcal
Ingredients
- 250 g butter
- 200 g light brown sugar
- 100 g caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 5 ml vanilla extract
- 350 g cake flour
- 5 ml bicarbonate of soda baking soda
- 2 ml salt
- 100 g roasted macadamia nuts
- 100 g white chocolate roughly chopped
- 100 g dried cranberries
Instructions
- • Pre-heat the oven to 180°c and line a baking tray with baking paper.
- • Beat together the butter and sugars until pale and fluffy.
- • Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- • Add the vanilla extract and mix through.
- • Sift in the cake flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt and mix well.
- • Lastly, fold in the macadamia nuts, white chocolate and cranberries.
- • Place spoonfuls (I use approximately 2 tbsp worth of dough per cookie) of the mixture on the baking tray, spaced +- 5cm apart. Press down slightly to flatten the cookies.
- • Place the cookies in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown and cooked through.
- • Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool. Dust with icing sugar.
- • The cookies will last for just more than a week if kept in a sealed container.
Nutrition
Calories: 173kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 143mg | Potassium: 40mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 315IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 1mg