Pineapple and White Chip Cookies

These are a cakelike cookie. The recipe was featured on a local morning news show, and was credited to Happy Cookies bakery in NE Wisconsin.

• Ready In: 27 mins
• Serves: 60

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter or 1  cup margarine, softened
• 1  cup sugar
• 2  eggs
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, with juice
• 3 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1  cup pecans or 1  cup  macadamia nuts, chopped
• 1 2⁄3 cups  vanilla baking chips (10 oz package)

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F
2. Lightly grease cookie sheets (or use parchment paper).
3. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until well-blended; add eggs and vanilla. Blend in pineapple and juice. In another bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Gradually add to butter mixture, beating until well-blended.
4. Stir in nuts and chips.
5. Drop by tablespoons onto prepared cookie sheets.
6. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until light brown.
7. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack to cool.