Dark Chocolate Chunk White Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies w/ Brown Butter & Sea Salt

April 2, 2018
Food,Recipes

Stop what you’re doing and make these cookies. Seriously, stop reading this post, take your phone, laptop, or whatever you’re using to read this, walk straight into the kitchen and preheat the oven. Next, scroll down past all the mouthwatering cookie photos (it’s only going to make your stomach growl), and get straight to the recipe. Hurry, there’s butter to be browned!

Dark Chocolate Chunk White Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies w/ Brown Butter & Sea Salt | HonestlyYUM (honestlyyum.com)

You see, I’ve been on a quest to find the perfect cookie. And let me tell you, when you’re married to a baker, that’s one dangerous quest. I know what you’re thinking, the perfect cookie is SO subjective. How am I going to tell you what the perfect cookie is?! To that I say: heaps of bittersweet dark chocolate chunks, gooey white chocolate chips, and crunchy macadamia nuts all playing off that sweet nuttiness of the brown butter, and finished with big flakes of Maldon sea salt. I assure you, when it comes to cookies it doesn’t get much better. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have an oven to preheat! πŸ˜›

Dark Chocolate Chunk White Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies w/ Brown Butter & Sea Salt | HonestlyYUM (honestlyyum.com)

Dark Chocolate Chunk White Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies w/ Brown Butter & Sea Salt | HonestlyYUM (honestlyyum.com)

Dark Chocolate Chunk White Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies w/ Brown Butter & Sea Salt | HonestlyYUM (honestlyyum.com)

Dark Chocolate Chunk White Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies w/ Brown Butter & Sea Salt | HonestlyYUM (honestlyyum.com)

Dark Chocolate Chunk White Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies w/ Brown Butter & Sea Salt

Heaps of bittersweet dark chocolate chunks, gooey white chocolate chips, and crunchy macadamia nuts all playing off that sweet nuttiness of the brown butter, and finished with big flakes of Maldon sea salt. I assure you, when it comes to cookies it doesn't get much better . . .
Servings: 18 cookies
Adapted From: Cook's Illustrated's "Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies"

INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 375Β° F
  2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  3. Place 4 tablespoons of butter in bowl of your stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment. Melt remaining 10 tablespoons of butter in light colored skillet over medium heat. Swirl pan constantly and continue to cook until butter is dark golden brown. Remove from heat and immediately pour into stand mixer bowl and let it sit until butter is completely melted.
  4. Add brown sugar, granulated sugar, salt and vanilla to stand mixer and place on medium low speed until ingredients come together. Add egg and egg yolk and whisk on medium speed until smooth. Let mixture rest for a few minutes in the stand mixer.
  5. Meanwhile, whisk flour and baking soda together in a small bowl and set aside.
  6. Whisk mixture in the stand mixer for another 30 seconds until smooth and shiny.
  7. Remove bowl from the stand mixer and use spatula to stir in flour mixture until just combined. Add dark chocolate, white chocolate and macadamia nuts and mix just until evenly distributed.
  8. Measure out about 3 tablespoons of cookie dough and roll into ball. Place on cookie sheet a couple inches apart. Cook in the oven for about 6 minutes, pull cookie sheet slightly out of the oven to sprinkle a pinch of Maldon salt onto each cookie and then place back into the oven for another 3-5 minutes until surface is just set and edges are slightly golden. Remove cookie sheet from the oven, cool on a wire rack while you bake the remaining couple batches.

NOTES

To shave the dark chocolate, take about 4 oz of a chocolate bar/square and use a serrated knife to make 1/4 inch cuts across; you will get a nice mix of small shavings and larger chunks - use them all!

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Conversation

Wow. Highly recommend these cookies. They are gooey, nutty, and are the perfect balance of sweet and salty. I personally used Guittard’s unsweetened baking bar for the dark chocolate and it added just the right amount of chocolate without being too sweet. Overall, love this recipe πŸ™‚

I made these yesterday and they are one of the best cookie recipes I’ve come across. I didn’t have white chocolate in my pantry and am now wondering how this flavor component would have changed the cookie. The brown butter made them decadent. This is a winner!

I made these and added butterscotch chips to them. I will be making them again. I’m a pastry chef and my husband loves my Chocolate chip cookies but these are by far the best cookie ever.

Hi, I have three questions:
1. If I’m not the biggest fan of white chocolate is there a substitute that would still make it the best cookie ever… peanut butter chips? Or does white chocolate make it?
2. Can I freeze the dough and reuse later and the quality be as good? I noticed you didn’t chill the dough, is there a reason why not?
3. Do you let your milk, eggs and butter get to room temp before making? I’ve found it makes a difference with the texture when I let them come down to room temp.

Hi Audra:

1.Yes can sub in just extra chocolate chips, or add milk chocolate chips to replace the sweetness of the white chocolate.
2. This dough does best when it is at room temp. I haven’t tried freezing it, but I’m sure it would work as long as it’s thawed before freezing.
3. The butter gets melted/browned so it doesn’t need to be at room temp, the eggs would probably be fine either way. I usually use straight out of the refrigerator because I don’t plan ahead. There isn’t any milk in the recipe.

Just made these last night (was looking for a quick cookie recipe to use my brand-spanking-new stand mixer πŸ™‚ ) and they were SO good! As I was making them, my fiance complained that they’re too loaded with stuff and cookies should be simpler. And then he tried one and was obsessed.

Hi Leslie! YAYYY!! That’s the BEST kind of compliment. Thanks for giving them a try! Oh, and hooray for brand new stand mixers πŸ™‚

Hi, I’d like to make these asap but I’m confused by the size. Is each cookie three tablespoons big?

Hi Abby!! Yes, measure out 3 tbsp of cookie dough for each cookie and place on a cookie sheet a few inches apart. Hope you enjoy πŸ™‚

OMG! dream cookies for sure! They look so soft and loaded with goodness! Can’t wait to makeeee!

Cookies have never looked better! These are exactly what my weekend needs!

Thanks for stopping by, Laura! I definitely had my fair share of cookies this weekend πŸ™‚

AMAZEBALLS! I made these with Whole Wheat Pastry Flour because I’m avoiding All-Purpose. I brown two pounds of butter at a time and freeze them in cupcake tins for moments just like this. I’m glad I had some in the freezer today. Sooo good. Thanks for the delicious inspiration!

Thanks Tiffany – that’s awesome!! Brown butter storage supply? GENIUS!!

Yes! It takes no more time and I’m ready at a moment’s notice for ANYTHING. πŸ˜‰

At first glance, these look like my dream cookie, but now that I’ve read about them, I know they are! Brown butter is my favorite vice.

Ok. I’m officially at the β€œMe want cooookie!” stage. A warm, just-baked chocolate chip cookie simply has to be at, or very near, the top of the best food things in the world. Pair these with a really good port and that friends, is THE perfect dessert. Yum yum yum!

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