Lemon Macadamia Cookie Recipe (Drip Cookie)
Drop cookie recipe prepared with lemon flavor, cream cheese dough and macadamia. In this recipe, you easily mix the ingredients and bake it in the oven in a short time; By following the how-to steps, you will get cookies that are soft on the inside and slightly crispy on the edges.
Ingredients
1. Dry ingredients
2. Wet ingredients
3. 1 1/2 cups macadamia nuts (coarsely chopped)
Step-by-Step Method
Prepare the oven
Preheat the oven to 175°C. Cover the tray with wax paper so that the cookies can be separated easily.
Mix the dry ingredients
Mix flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Thus, the dough rises more evenly.
Beat the sugar and oil mixture
Beat butter, cream cheese, brown sugar and granulated sugar for 2-3 minutes. The mixture should look light colored and smooth.
Add the egg
Add the egg and beat briefly. If you want, add lemon zest and lemon juice at this stage.
Form the dough
Add the dry mixture in 2-3 additions. Mix with spatula until just combined; Don't mix too much so the cookies don't harden.
Add the macadamia
Add coarsely chopped macadamias to the dough and mix gently until evenly distributed.
Shape and bake
Take walnut-sized pieces from the dough and place them on the tray, spaced apart. Bake for 12-15 minutes; Take it out of the oven when the edges get a light color.
Let it rest
Let the cookies sit on the tray for 5 minutes, then transfer them to the wire rack. When it cools down completely, its texture becomes more firm.