Just the mention of white chocolate and macadamia nuts together takes my mind rushing back to the 80′s and the Mrs. Fields Cookie store in the corner of the mall where I worked at the time. I was fresh out of high school and working as a shoe salesman. Lunch was either going to be sushi (also from a little place in the same mall) or a bag of those cookies. It was a 50/50 proposition. If I smelled the cookies first, my willpower caved every time.
When my wife told me a friend at work who had just recovered from surgery had requested macadamia nut cookies those cravings came back. In spades. Not necessarily for the super-sweet cookies of my youth, but for something a little more subtle, more elegant, more adult.
My wife, as usual, delivered something amazing. Mrs. Seat of Her Pants is an excellent baker and these cookies reflect that. She switched out just one ingredient from a base recipe and transformed these cookies from simple and decadent to sublime with a hint of sophistication. Baking is an art, and she’s a master of that art.
These cookies are perfect with a cup of good, strong coffee and a few friends to share them with. They were a hit at the office and with my kids, who gobbled them up nearly before I got pictures of them. But really, can you blame them?
What sweets or treats do you associate with childhood? For me it’s plums from my Grandfather’s garden and a few choice treats made by my mom and my aunts, but everybody has something that makes them feel like a kid again. What dish iss that for you? We’d love to hear about it.
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