Cookie Spreads - Coffee Chocolate Macadamia

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour or 1 1/2 cups wheat
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, soft
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, soft
• 1 1/3 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 eggs, large
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, pure
• 1 tablespoon instant espresso powder
• 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled to room temperature
• 1/4 cup macadamia nuts, halved

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 grease cookie sheet and set aside.
• 3 combine, flour, soda and salt in small bowl, set aside.
• 4 in a large bowl combine for 4 minutes butter and sugar until smooth.
• 5 add eggs one at a time, blending well.
• 6 next add vanilla extract and the espresso coffee.
• 7 add the flour mixture slowly, 1/3 at a time, until well blended.
• 8 blend in the chocolate and fold in the nuts.
• 9 drop 2 tbsp batter the prepared cookie sheets.
• 10 allow room for spreading.
• 11 bake 12 minutes.
• 12 remove from pan and place on wire rack to cool.