Dark Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies with Grey Sea Salt Sprinkles

I’m a copycat.  You know how it goes in the blog world….especially the food blog world.  You see what someone is making that is just awesome to you and you decide you have to make it too.  Heck, you might even have to post about it yourself.  You also can go in streaks where you cook from the same person’s blog one thing after another….I’ve had it happen to me with several blogs out there.  Today I made something else Katrina of Bakng with Boys made.  Yeah, I changed it a little, but not much.  But my, oh my, are these cookies ever good!

It was a long weekend for me.  We went back north, visited family and friends, I bought some cherished Jernabi Coffee, had dinner with the family at Little Italy, and made it home before the snow started to fall.  I did laundry, caught up on some of my reading, watched some TV and of course, made these cookies.  When I was mixing the batter Grumpy came to the kitchen and informed me that I wasn’t supposed to be baking because he needed to be on a diet.  Well duh, who said the cookies were for him?  ;o)  ha.  So, instead of throwing white chocolate in, I tossed in dark chocolate and then decided to top the cookies with some grey sea salt. Grumpy saw the dough in the fridge chilling and said “I thought you were making macadamia cookies?” Well, I said, I did make them.  I just threw in dark chocolate.  After a little grumbling I heard “well, just so you know, the dough is pretty good.”  He also promptly wanted to know what it was with the sea salt and although he made a big show of being Grumpy about it all, he still ate two – with me the whole time hollering at him to get out of the kitchen and leave “my” cookies alone.  Hey, he said it….he was dieting!  :-p

BTW, if any photos of me in my nightgown yelling at Grumpy to get out of my kitchen and away from my cookies show up on the internet….I will deny them to the max.  They won’t look like ME.  lol

To read Katrina’s story about her cookie venture, make sure you read her blog post on White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies.  Below is the recipe, from Katrina’s blog, which she got from Ashley’s blog eat me, delicious who got the original recipe from Bon Appetit!  See how we roll around here?  ;o)

Dark Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies with Grey Sea Salt Sprinkles
I halved my recipe and have given you the measurements I used below.  This gave me about 2 dozen cookies.
1-1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract (yes, this is correct, not a typo)
1 large egg
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped macadamia nuts, roasted
Grey sea salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  In small mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder, macadamia nuts, and white chocolate chips.  Set aside.

In medium mixing bowl, with hand held mixer, blend butter and sugars together until creamy.  Add vanilla extract and egg.  Mix until blended.  Stir in flour mixture until no longer dry and crumbly.  Refrigerate at least 2 hours.  Scoop, shape, sprinkle with sea salt and bake 5-7 minutes or until just lightly browned.

Note – My cookies baked longer than Katrina’s but I believe mine are probably smaller than hers were.