Recipe Chocolate Dipped Macadamia Nut Shortbread Cookies

[kaneohegirlinaz]

This cookie is a huge deal in Hawaii. I make these for my Mother, since I can't buy them here on The Mainland.

Chocolate Dipped Macadamia Nut Shortbread Cookies
yields +/- 24 cookies

Ingredients:
½ C. Macadamia Nuts, roasted, unsalted and coarsely chopped
1/3 C. granulated Sugar
½ C. Unsalted Butter, softened
½ tsp. Kosher Salt
1 ¼ C. Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
½-1 C. Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Melting Wafers (Chocolate Chips can be sub'd)

Method:

1. In a food processor, pulse the Nuts until ground fine, set aside
2. In a stand mixer, cream together the Butter, Sugar, Salt and Nuts
3. Mix in the Flour, just until combined
4. Form the dough into two 14 X 3 X 1” logs and wrap them in plastic; stash them in the `fridge for 1-24 hours
5. Preheat the oven to 350⁰
6. Line a baking sheet with either parchment paper or a Silpat® Mat (optimum choice)
7. Slice the dough in ¼ inch widths; place on the sheet pan one inch apart
8. Bake for 10 or until just lightly golden on the edges
9. Place the cookies on a cooling rack
10. Melt your Chocolate as directed on the package
11. Dip half of the cookie in the melted Chocolate
12. Place back on the Silpat® Mat (or parchment paper), add optional garnish of ground Macadamia Nuts for more flare
13. Allow the Chocolate to set and store in an airtight container

*Recipe adapted from bbonline.com

 

[karadekoolaid]

Right up my street, those!

 

[Morning Glory]

Macadamia is a creamy, buttery nut and I can imagine they add a super rich taste to these cookies. I haven't thought about macadamia nuts in ages!

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

ya know, I thought that I had posted this recipe prior, but I searched high and low ... and sorry Morning Glory I forgot the "method" protocol, sorry

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

For me anyways, if there were only one cookie that I could ever make again, it would positively be these!!
Of course, the fresher the Nuts are, the better the cookie.
One could always just hand chop the Nuts a bit course if they wished to do so, they really don't have to be fine...

 

[Morning Glory]

ya know, I thought that I had posted this recipe prior, but I searched high and low ... and sorry Morning Glory I forgot the "method" protocol, sorry

Its not really protocol to add numbers to the method steps. But I edited to remove double spacing and adding numbered steps simply looked clearer in this case.

No big deal.