Chocolate chip cookies are basically all I want to bake right now, but luckily there are some new flavored chips on the market. So today, instead of saying I'm making chocolate chip cookies again, I can say I'm making Jumbo Macadamia Chocolate Caramel Chip Cookies. Yahoo!
Actually, these really are good. I dug up an old recipe for large cookies and added caramel chips and macadamia nuts. The recipe calls for slightly less butter and eggs, but with all the chips and nuts the cookies are still plenty rich. I guess the worst thing you could do with this recipe would be to scoop the flour with a heavy hand. It calls for 4 whole cups, so 4 cups of heavily scooped flour would make the dough too try. Another thing I've been doing lately with chocolate chip cookies is just putting all of the ingredients in the bowl (minus the flour mixture) and mixing until blended - no creaming of the butter and sugar or whipping of the eggs. It seems like just throwing everything in the bowl and mixing makes for a denser, heavier, softer, cookie.
Recipe
Jumbo Macadamia Chocolate Caramel Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 12 oz 3 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature (345 grams), cut into chunks
- 1 ¼ cups granulated sugar 240 grams
- 1 ¼ cups packed brown sugar 240 grams
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 4 cups all-purpose flour 530 grams **
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 ⅓ cup bittersweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup Ghirardelli caramel flavored chips
- 1 cup salted macadamia nuts coarsely chopped
Instructions
- Do not preheat yet, as the dough requires chilling.
- Put the room temperature butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla in the bowl of a stand mixer. Using the paddle attachment, mix on medium speed until everything is blended. Make sure to scrape sides of the bowl.
- In a second bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, and baking soda and salt. Gradually stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture until blended and smooth.
- Stir in all the chips and nuts.
- Line a couple of plates with plastic wrap and scoop out large mounds (about ¼ cup size) of dough. You should get around 30 or so. Cover dough mounds and chill for several hours.
- When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper or foil.
- Arrange mounds on lined sheets and bake for about 14 minutes (time will vary) or until cookies appear nicely browned. Allow them to cool until they are firm enough to lift, then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
- If using a convection oven, check at 12 minutes.
Notes
Sue says
Thanks for the thoughts about macadamia nuts! I've all but given up on them. Amazon is a great idea! I never think of that for food.
Anna says
Also, check Amazon! I haven't tried them yet, but they have a highly rated brand called MacFarms.
Anna says
The caramel chips are good! I've been buying them at Target, but as of yesterday our Jewel has them. Jewel also has the Hershey's brand.
Macadamia nuts almost always taste stale to me. However, when they are good they are great. I'd almost given up on them until I bought a bag of a brand called Royal Hawaiian. Unfortunately whenever I go to find that brand the store is now out of stock. Just keep trying different brands.
Sue says
You're making me want to try those caramel chips. Where do you buy macadamia nuts? I've not had good luck with them.
d says
Those look amazing!!
Sonya says
"denser, heavier, softer, cookie" .... that sounds wonderful! These look amazing!