White Chocolate, Dried Pineapple, Macadamia Nut Cookies

 This cookie gives you the flavors or the tropics.  This recipe was a nice find.  Make this cookie for the holidays and your guest will be singing Mele Kalikimaka.

These cook up nice and golden brown.

Dried pineapple has gotten pretty easy to find.

Measure out 3/4 cup dried pineapple.  You will want to chop this up some.  I used my little food processor. 

Measure out 1 1/4 cup white chocolate chips.  

Measure and chop 1 1/4 cup macadamia nuts.  You will want the lightly salted nuts.  Watch because they have flavors of macadamia nuts and you wouldn't want garlic nuts in your pineapple cookies. 

They chop up really well. 

1 1/4 cup chopped nuts. 

Now that all the measuring and chopping, add 2 sticks, or 1 cup of softened butter.  I would use unsalted butter in these cookies because of the nuts. 

2 cups packed brown sugar.  Somehow I forgot the picture of 1/4 cup sugar.

Mix the butter and sugars. 

Add in the dried pineapple.

add 2 room temperature eggs. 

1 teaspoon vanilla.

1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda.

3/4 teaspoon salt

3 1/2 cups all purpose flour.  Add a little at a time and mix well. 

Add in the chopped nuts. 

Fold in 1 1/4 cup  white chocolate chips. 

Scoop them on a parchment lined cookie sheet.  Place in a 350 preheated oven.  Bake for 8 minutes for the small cookies.  If you make bigger cookies you will want to cook about 10-12 minutes.  I like making these small cookies. 

Now you can enjoy a taste of the tropics for the holidays or any time really.

White Chocolate Dried Pineapple Macadamia Nut Cookies Recipe

1 cup softened butter

1/4 cup sugar

2 cups brown sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 1/2 cup all purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/4 cup white chocolate chips

3/4 cup chopped dried pineapple

1 1/4 cups chopped salted macadamia nuts

Preheat oven to 350.  Bake 8-12 minutes depending on size.