Chocolate Macadamia Lace Cookies Food

CHOCOLATE AND COCONUT LACE COOKIES

Steps:

• Place an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line 3 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix together the sugar, coconut, melted butter, flour, vanilla, and salt.
• Using a 1/2-ounce cookie scoop or a tablespoon, scoop 6 balls of dough, 3 to 4 inches apart, on each baking sheet. Lightly flatten the tops of the dough. Cook until golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the parchment paper, about 15 minutes.
• Place the chocolate in a bowl and place over a pan of barely simmering water. Stir until the chocolate has melted. Using a fork, drizzle the tops of the cookies with the melted chocolate. Freeze the cookies until the chocolate has set, about 5 minutes. Remove the cookies from the freezer and store in an airtight container at room temperature.
• Cook's Note: If the cookies have baked into one another, use a knife or metal spatula to separate the cookies then allow to cool.

LACE COOKIES (FLORENTINE COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with a silicone liner (such as Silpat®).
• Place almonds into the bowl of a food processor; alternate pulsing and running at full speed every few seconds until finely chopped and crumblike. Be careful not to go too far; you don't want them too fine and pasty.
• Combine butter, brown sugar, and honey in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir a few times and cook until melted and dissolved. Bring to a boil, then carefully remove from the heat.
• Add vanilla extract, salt, and flour, and whisk until smooth. Add chopped almonds and mix with a spatula until everything is combined.
• Drop eight uniformly sized, rounded spoonfuls of batter (each about 2 teaspoons, or 15 grams) onto the prepared sheet. Fine-tune the cookie shapes and make sure they are evenly spaced.
• Place in the center of the preheated oven and bake until golden brown and a bit darker around the outsides, 10 to 12 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through.
• Remove from the oven and slide the silicone liner off the baking sheet and directly onto the countertop. Allow to sit until cool and crisp, 3 to 5 minutes, then gently peel cookies off the liner. Repeat to bake remaining batches.
• Spread melted chocolate over the flat side of one cookie. Place a second cookie, flat-side down, on top to make a sandwich and press very gently to seal. Repeat to form remaining cookies. Let sit until chocolate has firmed up, about 30 minutes.

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE-MACADAMIA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Whisk together confectioners' sugar, cocoa, and salt. Stir in chocolate and nuts. Add egg whites; stir until just incorporated.
• Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls, 3 inches apart, onto 2 parchment-lined rimmed baking sheets. Bake until cookie tops are dry and crackled, 22 to 25 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Transfer baking sheets to wire racks; let cookies cool completely.

WHITE CHOCOLATE MACADAMIA NUT COOKIES III

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and almond extracts. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in the macadamia nuts and white chocolate. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.

DENISE PIERCE'S MACADAMIA LACE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350-degrees.
• Line two or three large baking sheets with nonstick baking liners or parchment.
• In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and then continue cooking it just until the butter solids at the bottom of the pan turn deep golden brown (NOT black), 5-7 minutes- watch the butter carefully.
• Immediately remove the pan from the heat and pour the butter into a small bowl, scraping the pan to get all the butter.
• Let cool slightly, about 5 minutes.
• Combine the chopped nuts, sugar, egg, vanilla, and salt in a medium bowl.
• Stir until blended.
• Slowly add the browned butter and continue stirring until blended.
• Drop the batter by slightly heaping teaspoonfuls about 3 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake until the cookies are golden brown, 6-8 minutes.
• Let the cookies cool on the sheets on racks for 5 minutes before transferring them to racks to cool completely.
• Repeat with remaining batter after sheets have cooled.
• Store at room temp or freeze in an airtight container, separating the cookie layers with waxed paper.

CHOCOLATE MACADAMIA MELTAWAYS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add flour and mix well. Stir in nuts (dough will be stiff); set aside. , For filling, in a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips; stir until smooth. Stir in nuts; cool slightly. Drop by 1/2 teaspoonfuls onto a waxed paper-lined baking sheet; cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes. , Shape 1 teaspoon of dough around each piece of chocolate-nut mixture so it is completely covered. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. , Bake at 375° until lightly browned, 12-14 minutes. Roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar; cool on wire racks.

LACE COOKIES WITH CHOCOLATE MIDDLES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the oats, flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well., Drop by 1-1/2-inch scoops 4 inches apart onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets. , Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely on pans before carefully removing to wire racks., Spread melted chocolate on the bottoms of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies. Store in an airtight container.

OATMEAL LACE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large saucepan, melt the butter. Remove from heat and stir in oats, sugar, egg, and vanilla. Add flour, salt, and baking powder. Drop 3" apart by rounded teaspoonful on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Spread each dollop slightly to distribute the oats. Bake at 350 degrees for 9-11 minutes or until golden. Remove from oven and let cool completely on cookie sheet. Carefully remove from the parchment with a spatula to a wire rack.
• Store in an airtight container - if you have any left to save.

CHOCOLATE MACADAMIA LACE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with Silpat (silicon mats) (minimum of 2) or parchment paper
• In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, melt the butter and chocolate, scrape vanilla bean in so it will infuse, cook stirring with rubber spatula frequently for about 5 minutes.
• Pour butter mixture into small bowl and let cool slightly.
• In a large bowl, combine chopped nuts, sugar, egg, and salt until blended. Fold in butter, chocolate, vanilla mixture and combine all until well blended.
• Drop the batter by tablespoons about 3" apart. Bake 6 -8 minutes. You know they're done when the cookies are bubbling and completely flat.
• Let cool on the Silpat or parchment paper. If you need the cookie sheet to complete the cookies, let cool on Silpat or parchment paper for about 5-10 minutes, then VERY CAREFULLY transfer them to a wire rack, preferably with a hard flat spatula or large scraper. Store at room temperature or freeze in an airtight container, separating the cookie layers with waxed paper.