PREP 30 minutes plus cooling
BAKE about 15 minutes per batch
MAKES about 2 dozen cookies
2½ cups all-purpose flour
¾ cup butter or margarine (1½ sticks),
softened
¾ cup granulated sugar
½ cup packed dark brown sugar
3 tablespoons corn syrup
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
12 ounces white chocolate, Swiss
confectionery bar, or white baking
bar, coarsely chopped
1 jar (6½ ounces) macadamia nuts,
chopped (about 1⅓ cups)
1½ cups dried tart cherries
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1. Preheat oven to 325°F. In large
bowl, with mixer at medium speed,
beat flour, butter, sugars, corn syrup,
vanilla, baking soda, salt, and eggs
until blended, occasionally scraping
bowl with rubber spatula. With
spoon, stir in white chocolate,
macadamia nuts, and dried cherries.
2. Drop mixture by slightly rounded
¼ cups, 3 inches apart, onto ungreased
large cookie sheet. Bake cookies 15 to
17 minutes or until lightly browned.
Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool.
Repeat with remaining dough. Store
cookies in tightly covered container at
room temperature up to 3 days, or in
freezer up to 3 months.
Each cookie: About 310 calories, 4 g
protein, 37 g carbohydrate, 16 g total fat
(7 g saturated), 2 g fiber, 37 mg cholesterol,
275 mg sodium.
