These White Chocolate Cranberry Macadamia Nut Cookies are perfect for the holidays but absolutely delicious anytime of year. Buttery, sweet, crisp and chewy, these cookies have everything.
Christmas cookies are one of my favorite holiday traditions, and although it's not really a thing where here in Scotland, I feel it's very much a part of my ancestral connection. The fact that I have written so many times about my mom's Christmas cookies shows how important these traditions can be in forming our relationships to our families and ourselves.
Someties a cookie is more than just a sweet treat. Sometimes it's our heritage. Sometimes it's a precious memory connected to a lost loved one. But no matter the flavor, it's always magick.
What makes White Chocolate Cranberry Macadamia Nut Cookies so awesome?
These White Chocolate Cranberry Macadamia Nut Cookies are absolutely loaded with flavor and texture. There's the burst of sweetness from white chocolate, the buttery crunch of macadamia nuts, and the chewy tartness of jewel-bright dried cranberries. And the cookie dough that holds them is crisp on the outside and tender in the middle. In short, they're freakin' awesome.
Those cranberries make these perfect for Christmas, but witches know that this fruit is ideal for Samhain as well as Yule. Really, there's never a wrong time to mix up a batch of these cookies. Keep them at home for snacking, bring them to a holiday gathering, or become the office hero when you show up with a batch of these at work.
Magical Properties of Cranberries
These tart little berries have a lot of contrasting energy. They carry feminine/receptive energy, but they're ruled by Mars. They correspond to both water and fire. You can call on them for abundance, energy, healing, love, protection, emotions, communication, courage, action, and rejuvenation. With such a wide array of powers, it's very easy to customize. Just make sure you let your ingredients know what energy you want to work with as you craft your spells.
For more info on the magical properties of the ingredients in this recipe, check the Kitchen Magick page.
Ingredients
Here's everything you'll need to make these cookies. The full details are in the recipe card below.
- Dried cranberries
- White sugar - You can use caster sugar or granulated sugar.
- Brown sugar - Light is best here, but use whatever you've got.
- Butter - unsalted and softened
- Egg
- Flour - all-purpose or plain flour
- Baking soda - aka bicarbonate of soda
- Salt - I use fine sea salt
- Macadamia nuts
- White chocolate chips
Tips for making White Chocolate Cranberry Macadamia Nut Cookies
These cookies are pretty straight forward. Start by soaking your dried cranberries in some hot water to plump them up a bit, then get on with regular cookie making.
You'll cream your butter and sugars together, then add the egg. Combine all your dry ingredients before mixing them into the wet ingredients, then finally, you'll add in your mix ins.
I use my cookie scoop to portion these and bake them on a silicone baking mat. Parchment would also work. Make sure you give them space to spread. You don't have to chill this dough, but it also won't hurt if you want to make the dough ahead of time.
If you'd like to freeze the dough, portion it into individual cookies first, then freeze those on a baking sheet before bagging them up. Then you can bake your cookies from frozen.
If you've never eaten a fresh cranberry before, you may not realize they're incredibly bitter. Dried cranberries are often lightly sweetened to balance out the tartness. But you're the boss. If you love incredibly bitter, give it a go.
Spread some holiday cheer with these White Chocolate Cranberry Macadamia Nut Cookies this year. It's gonna be awesome.
Looking for more awesome cookie recipes? Try these Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies or some Stem Ginger Biscuits.
PrintWhite Chocolate Cranberry Macadamia Nut Cookies
These White Chocolate Cranberry Macadamia Nut Cookies are perfect for the holidays but absolutely delicious anytime of year. Buttery, sweet, crisp and chewy, these cookies have everything.
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 10
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 36 cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup sweetened dried cranberries, chopped
- ¾ cup caster sugar
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 8 ounces unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 egg
- 2-¼ cups all-purpose or plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda or bicarbonate of soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cups macadamia nuts, chopped
- 12 ounces white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F (190 C) and line your baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
- Put the dried cranberries in a bowl and cover them with hot water. Let them soak while you get on with the rest of your work so the cranberries soften up a bit.
- In a large mixing bowl, use an electric mixer to beat together sugars and butter for a few minutes until everything is light and fluffy.
- Add in egg and beat until combined .
- In a small mixing bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt .
- Add dry ingredients to your butter mixture, keeping the mixer on it's lowest setting. Mix until just combined.
- Add in remaining ingredients and mix on low until just combined. Use a rubber spatula to scrape down the sides of the bowl and give everything a few more folds to make sure all ingredients are well incorporated.
- Scoop cookie dough, a tablespoon at a time, onto cookie sheet. Leave about two inches in between each cookie. These cookies will spread quite a bit.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until just brown around the edges.
- Remove to a rack to cool, if you can resist them for that long. Store in an airtight container.
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