White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies as a pizookie

White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies - made dough May 30, 2021 from Just So Tasty 

Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of this recipe as normal cookies. I made them into dough balls when I first mixed the dough but, at my mom's request, I baked the dough balls in a 6-inch cast iron skillet, one every weekend for 4 weeks, so we could eat it with vanilla ice cream as a pizookie. Yeah, it was as good as that sounds. So good in fact that I never even baked an individual dough ball even for picture taking purposes. They were all sacrificed for our Sunday lunch pizookies. All for a good cause as these were delicious. Every single time. Crisp at the edges, chewy in the middle and the right balance of sweetness between the white chocolate chunks and the macadamia nuts. Don't forget the vanilla ice cream.

3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled

1 cup brown sugar

3/4 cup granulated sugar

1 large egg

1 large egg yolk

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon cornstarch

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

2/3 cup macadamia nuts, lightly toasted, coarsely chopped

3/4 cup white chocolate chips

1. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together melted sugar, brown sugar and granulated sugar until combined.
2. Beat in the egg, egg yolk and vanilla extract.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt. Add in two additions to the butter-sugar mixture, mixing briefly after each addition until just combined.
4. Fold in macadamia nuts and white chocolate chips.
5. Portion dough into golf-ball-size dough balls, cover and chill or freeze for several hours or overnight.
6. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Evenly space dough balls on baking sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges are golden brown and middles no longer look raw. Remove from oven, let cookies set on baking sheets for 5 minutes then remove to wire cooking rack to cool completely.