Macadamia Island Drops

Name: Macadamia Island Drops
Yield: 48
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 1 ½ cups granulated sugar; 1 cup packed brown sugar; 2 eggs; 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tsp salt; ½ tsp baking soda; 1 ½ cups white chocolate chips; ½ cup chopped macadamia nuts; &frac13; cup chopped dried pineapple; &frac13; cup chopped dried papaya

Serve these hint-of-the-tropics cookies with iced tea or a light fruit-infused water.

Dried papaya and pineapple, chopped macadamia nuts and white chocolate chips give these cookies a hint of the tropics. Serve these perfect summer sweets with iced tea or a light fruit-infused water.

Makes 48 servings

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 ½ cups granulated sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
½ tsp baking soda
1 ½ cups white chocolate chips
½ cup chopped macadamia nuts
⅓ cup chopped dried pineapple
⅓ cup chopped dried papaya

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F. In a mixing bowl beat butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Beat in vanilla.
In a medium bowl stir together flour, salt and baking soda; add to butter mixture and beat until combined. Stir in white chocolate chips, macadamia nuts, pineapple and papaya.
Drop by tablespoons 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 12 minutes or until bottoms just begin to brown. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool.