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    Home » Dessert Recipes

    Dark Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies with Grey Sea Salt Sprinkles

    Published: Feb 21, 2011 Last updated: Aug 18, 2022 by Shelby Law Ruttan · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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    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.
    1-½ cups flour
    ½ teaspoon baking soda
    ¼ teaspoon salt
    ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
    ½ cup light brown sugar, packed
    ⅓ cup granulated sugar
    1 tablespoon vanilla extract (yes, this is correct, not a typo)
    1 large egg
    ½ cup dark chocolate chips
    ½ 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. 

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    About Shelby Law Ruttan

    Shelby is the author/owner of Grumpy's Honeybunch. Established in 2007, she shares and preserves family recipes as well as recipes for cooking light and keto. She has authored the One-Pot Paleo Cookbook and The Pescatarian Keto Cookbook. She is an experienced, self-taught home cook who loves to share recipes with others. She also authors the websites Honeybunch Hunts and The Best Vegetarian Recipes. You can see her work on websites such as Veal Made Easy, Parade, Community Table, SoFab Food, Yummly, and FoodGawker.

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    1. The Mom Chef

      February 28, 2011 at 3:57 pm

      Ah, these look fantastic, but I'd have to go back to the white chocolate version since I'm not a regular chocolate fan. I can easily eat around the chocolate bits in those delicious cookies though!

      I'm still looking for those pictures that I'm sure are out there somewhere. 🙂

      Reply
    2. ajcabuang04

      February 26, 2011 at 9:06 pm

      When I saw this I decided to make some Chocolate Macadamia cookies today!!! It's been a long time since I had them. Sooooo good!

      Reply
    3. Amanda

      February 24, 2011 at 1:04 am

      Ohhh fabulous combo Shelby, love them!!

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    4. Heather Christo

      February 23, 2011 at 8:55 pm

      These look absolutely amazing- I love macadamia nuts and dark chocolate!

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    5. Megan

      February 23, 2011 at 5:47 pm

      These cookies are so tempting, just the title had me drooling!

      Reply
    6. Avanika [YumsiliciousBakes]

      February 23, 2011 at 9:57 am

      We're all copycats, aren't we? But I'm proud to copy a good, trusted recipe 🙂 The cookies look awesome, I think I'm going to copy them from you too. Stumbled 🙂

      Reply
    7. miss

      February 23, 2011 at 2:49 am

      This must be one outstanding cookie!

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    8. briarrose

      February 23, 2011 at 12:24 am

      The salt sprinkled across the top is just perfection. These look so good.

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    9. teresa

      February 23, 2011 at 12:17 am

      oh so yummy! i love sweet and salty treats!

      Reply
    10. Mateja ^_^

      February 22, 2011 at 10:24 pm

      Love macadamia nuts and your cookies looks delish! Thank you for sharing 🙂

      Reply
    11. All That's Left Are The Crumbs

      February 22, 2011 at 6:06 pm

      I like how you roll! I collect so many recipes from other blogs too that I am just dying to try. I think I may bake these with a little pink sea salt that I happen to have.

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    12. Brian @ howtobaker

      February 22, 2011 at 5:16 pm

      Macadamia nuts and sea salt. Now that sounds like a great use for the sea salt I harvested last week. Though, I've never heard of grey sea salt. Being a newly born lover of different salts, I'll have to look into this one.

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    13. Kristen

      February 22, 2011 at 3:22 pm

      I love salt with sweet. Those cookies would disappear quickly in my house.

      Reply
    14. bellini valli

      February 22, 2011 at 1:09 pm

      The grey salt sprinkles do it for me!!!

      Reply
    15. Linda

      February 22, 2011 at 12:57 pm

      I would never classify you as a copycat, because you take great pains to credit the person(s) who inspired you. 🙂

      I like that there is a tablespoon of vanilla in this - IMHO you can never get enough vanilla!

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    16. vanillasugar

      February 22, 2011 at 1:45 am

      how do you like the grey sea salt? i have yet to try it? what is the taste like? any difference?

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    17. Kathleen

      February 22, 2011 at 1:39 am

      These look off the charts delicious!

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    18. Deeba PAB

      February 22, 2011 at 1:13 am

      YUM YUM YUM... I love the wave os macademia cookies sweeping the net. These are delicious ones!

      Reply
    19. Pegasuslegend

      February 21, 2011 at 11:37 pm

      yum yum yum....my favorite

      Reply

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