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White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

Tessa Arias · handletheheat.com · Original Recipe

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies are soft and chewy in the middle yet crisp at the edges, studded with white chocolate chips and crunchy macadamia nuts. Easy 30-minute recipe!

3

chewiness

1

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

2

spread

2

richness

2

sweetness

2

complexity

balancedclassic

Ingredients

all-purpose flour(381 grams)3 cup (375g)
cornstarch2 tsp (5g)
baking soda1 tsp (6g)
baking powder1 tsp (5g)
fine sea salt1 tsp (3g)
unsalted butter(226 grams, (at cool room temperature))2 stick (226g)
lightly packed light brown sugar(200 grams)1 cup (140g)
granulated sugar(100 grams)0.5 cup (100g)
eggs plus 1 egg yolk(at cool room temperature)2 each (36g)
vanilla extract2 tsp (8g)
white chocolate chips(255 grams)1.5 cup (255g)
chopped macadamia nuts(210 grams)1.5 cup (210g)
Total dough weight1.4kg

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
browned
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
350°F (177°C)
Bake Time
12-14 min
Chill
720 min
Yield
~28 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.1. Shows how many standard deviations each ratio diverges from the mean.

Percentile Rankings

Where this recipe falls compared to all 669 recipes in the dataset.

Flour:Fat1.66 (67th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.56 (74th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar1.40 (65th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.10 (24th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0.68 (36th percentile)
Fat %16.5 (55th percentile)
Sugar %17.5 (36th percentile)
Hydration0.10 (17th percentile)
Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.66

Flour:Sugar

1.56

Brown:White Sugar

1.40

Egg:Flour

0.10

Chocolate:Flour

0.68

Fat %

16.5

Sugar %

17.5

Flour %

27.4

Hydration

0.10