White Chocolate Macadamia Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

Adapted from a dark chocolate cherry oatmeal cookie recipe from Gourmet Magazine, FEb. 1998

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Yields: 40 cookies

Ingredients

• 1  cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 5⁄8 cup butter, room temperature (1-1/4 sticks)
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 1  large egg
• 2  teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1  cup old fashioned oats
• 1 1⁄2 cups white chocolate chips
• 1  cup dried tart cherry
• 1⁄2 cup  macadamia nuts, chopped

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325°F
2. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or use silicon baking pads.
3. Mix flour, baking soda and salt in medium bowl.
4. Using electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and brown sugar in large bowl until well blended.
5. Mix in egg and vanilla.
6. Beat into flour mixture.
7. Mix in oats, then white chocolate chips, cherries and macadamia nuts.
8. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets, spacing two inches apart.
9. Bake cookies 12 minutes. Switch and rotate baking sheets.
10. Bake cookies until golden, about 6 minutes longer.
11. Cool cookies on baking sheets (cookies will firm as they cool).