Great American Cookies Chunk Macadamia By Todd Wilbur

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup finely-minced coconut flakes
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 8 ounces solid chocolate, cut into chunks
• 1 cup macadamia nuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 cream together the butter and sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on high speed. add the coconut, egg, milk and vanilla and mix well.
• 2 in another bowl combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. add the dry mixture to the wet mixture and mix until dough forms. mix in the chocolate and macadamia nuts.
• 3 preheat oven to 300 degrees while you let the dough rest for 30 to 60 minutes in the refrigerator.
• 4 measure out about 2 1/2 tablespoons of the dough and form a ball. drop each ball of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet about 3 inches apart and bake for 12 to 14 minutes. do not over bake! cookies should come out of the oven appearing slightly browned, yet undercooked.
• 5 when cooled the cookies will be soft and chewy like the original.