My Ultimate Vegan White Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies
Too often I read recipe titles containing “The Ultimate…” or “The Best…” but let’s think critically for a moment: Those recipes are that blogger’s ideal.
This blogger’s ideal white chocolate chip macadamia nut cookie is big and chewy with plenty of white chocolate chips and roasted, salted macadamia nuts chopped to the same size – similar to what you’d find in a bog-box bakery clamshell. In fact, the contents of those 36-ounce (1-kg) containers were my prototypes!
If you’re someone who craves cookies that allow you to sink your teeth slowly into them even days after you made them, then these recipes might be your ultimate too.
Bonus
You don’t have to chill any of these doughs before baking.
You’re welcome 😉
Original Recipe or Veganization?
yes.
This post began as an attempt to veganize Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies by Sally McKenney of Sally's Baking Addiction. Failing that, I started making adjustments to her ratios and techniques.
The difference between our wet:dry ratios is particularly stark. Moreover, my dough neither needs melted butter, overnight chilling, nor mounding before baking.
Yet I would be mistaken not to mention her as I adopted her brown:white sugar ratio and (the vegan equivalent) of 1 whole egg + 1 egg yolk. Thank you, Sally, for your guidance!
With no need to chill this dough, once your "butter" is room temperature, these cookies can be done in an hour!
makes about 24 cookies
- 3/4 cup (180 mL/170 g) plant-based butter (1 1/2 sticks; I recommend Country Crock Plant Butter with Olive Oil.)
- 2/3 cup (160 mL/113 g) macadamia nuts (roasted and salted)
- 3 cups (720 mL/360 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp (5 mL) baking soda
- 1/2 tsp (2.5 mL) kosher salt (or about half as much table salt; Omit if plant-based butter is salted.)
- 2 Tbsp (30 mL/20 g) Bob's Red Mill Egg Replacer
- 3 Tbsp (45 mL/g) water
- 3/4 cup (180 mL/150 g) light brown sugar (not dark brown!)
- 1/2 cup (120 mL/100 g) granulated sugar
- 2 tsp (10 mL/g) vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup (160 mL/113 g) vegan white chocolate chips (I can only find Enjoy Life White Chocolate Mini Chips where I live.)
Place "butter" into a large bowl, then loosely cover and allow to come to room temperature.
Preheat oven to 325°F/160°C.
Chop or crush macadamia nuts roughly to size of white chocolate chips and set aside.
Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt (if needed), then set aside.
In a separate vessel, thoroughly whisk together egg replacer and water. Set aside.
Add both sugars and vanilla to "butter". Beat on high speed, then add egg replacer mixture and beat again.
On low speed, incorporate flour mixture until uniformly moistened.
Dough will be crumbly!Use hands to massage-in macadamia nuts and white chocolate chips bringing dough together while working.
Grab and mold about 3 Tbsp (45-50 mL/g) dough into a 2 to 2 1/2-in (5 to 6-cm) disc. Evenly place 12 on a baking sheet.
Rest assured, these cookies don't spread very much.Bake 12-14 minutes. Cool on sheet 10 minutes, then enjoy warm or transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Store leftovers in an airtight container for 1-2 weeks at room temperature, or 1-2 months frozen.
Read why I recommend Country Crock Plant Butter with Olive Oil and why I use Bob's Red Mill Egg Replacer. (I'm not affiliated.)
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