Churro Almond White Chocolate Chip Cookies

 

¾ cup salted butter

2 cups almonds

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

¾ tsp. kosher salt

1 cup dark brown sugar

½ cup sugar

2 large eggs

1 Tbsp. vanilla extract

1 tsp. almond extract

2 cups white chocolate chips

 

Churro Topping

½ cup granulated sugar

1 Tbsp. ground cinnamon

Instructions

Place butter into a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook and swirl butter in pan to melt butter. Continue to swirl pan while butter bubbles and cooks. Watch carefully as butter browns. When butter is brown, carefully pour into a heat-proof bowl, scraping brown bits from pan too. Let butter cool for 30 minutes.

Toast almonds and let cool.  Chop into bite-sized pieces.

Combine flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.

Preheat oven to 330°. Place brown butter into a large mixing bowl. Stir in sugars, stirring until well combined. Add eggs and extracts stirring until well combined. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Stir until dough forms then add white chocolate chips and almonds stirring until combined.

Place sugar and cinnamon into a shallow bowl, stir to combine.

Scoop cookie dough with a medium-size cookie scoop and gently roll into churro topping. Place onto baking sheet 1 inch apart and bake for 10-11 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for 15 minutes before transferring to a serving plate.

This recipe can be found here.

Creamsicle Cookies

 

3 cups flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1 cup butter 

1 cup sugar

1 (3 oz.) pkg orange Jello powder

3 eggs

½ tsp. orange extract

1½ cups white chocolate chips

sugar

 

Preheat oven to 375°.

Mix flour, baking powder and salt together in a separate bowl and set aside.

Cream butter and sugar together for about 2 minutes with an electric mixer.

Add Jello and continue to mix for 1-2 minutes. 

Add extract and eggs (one at a time) and mix well.

Add in flour mixture. Mix just until thoroughly combined. 

If rolling into ball, scoop the dough out by tablespoons and roll into smooth balls. Place on prepared cookie sheet. Flatten each dough ball with the bottom of a measuring cup dipped in sugar. 

Bake cookies at 375° for 8-9 minutes. 

Tastes best cooled. 

*note – you can play around with Jello flavors, extract and chips to create different cookies.

Adapted from the recipe found here.

Life Cereal Cookies

 

2¼ cups flour

1 cup crushed Life cereal

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

1 cup butter

¼ cup sugar

¾ cup light brown sugar

1 small box instant vanilla pudding

1 tsp. vanilla

3 large eggs

1 (12 oz) bag white chocolate chips

 

In a small bowl, combine flour, cereal, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. 

 

In a large bowl, combine softened butter, sugars, pudding mix, and vanilla. Beat until creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time.

 

Gradually add in flour mixture. Gently fold in white chocolate chips. Do not over mix!

 

Drop by rounded, heaping, teaspoonfuls onto baking sheets. Bake in a preheated 375° oven for 8-10 minutes. 

This recipe can be found here. 

White Chocolate Snickerdoodles

1 cup butter

1½ cups sugar

2 eggs

2 3/4 cups flour

2 tsp. cream of tartar

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. kosher salt

2 Tbsp. sugar

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 cup white chocolate chips

Mix together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt together. Set aside.

Cream together sugar and butter. Add eggs and blend well.

Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix well. Add chips.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls and roll in the cinnamon-sugar mixture.

Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake for 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees.

this recipe can be found here.

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

1 cup butter, softened

¾ cup packed light brown sugar

½ cup sugar

2 eggs

½ tsp. vanilla extract

½ tsp. almond extract

2½ cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

½ tsp. salt

1¼ cups chopped macadamia nuts

1 pkg. white chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350°.

Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl.  Set aside.  In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. Add eggs once at a time. Next, stir in the extracts.

Gradually add the dry mix to the batter. Mix in the macadamia nuts and white chocolate chips.

Scoop dough by tablespoon. Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown. Let sit for 5 minutes and remove to cool.

This recipe can be found here.