Posts tagged nuts
White Chocolate Chip Macadamia Cookies

White Chocolate Chip Macadamia cookies are such a classic! These are loaded with sweet white chocolate chips and creamy salted macadamia nuts. This cookie recipe is soft and chewy in the center but it’s its buttery flavor and the crispy edges and bottom that make them stand above the crowd. If you prefer crispier cookies, this is the recipe for you! 

To my surprise, there has been a lot of people telling me that white chocolate chip macadamia cookies are their favorite cookie, even more than regular chocolate chip cookies, which can be a dangerous…

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White Chocolate and Macadamia Brookies

You are going to love these brookie bars. Brownies and cookies combined!! What’s not to love about that?! They’re super gooey and decadent and I promise you won’t be able to eat just one! The brownie layer has mini chocolate chips for a fudgy texture and the cookie layer is full of white chocolate chips and roasted macadamia nuts, so not only we are combining brownies and cookies together, we are combining dark chocolate and white chocolate as well. It’s the best of so many worlds!!

What are brookies in the first place? Brookies are a mix of brownie batter and cookie dough baked together. There are recipes that layer both batters up, as I did here, and there are…

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Roasted Baby Potatoes with Toasted Pistachios Romesco Sauce

Romesco sauce is a raw sauce traditional from Catalonia, Spain, and uses roasted red bell peppers, tomatoes, almonds, sometimes breadcrumbs, some spice elements and some acidic elements as its base. You can imagine how many versions of Romesco are out there, even in Spain. So I can say that if you have these elements and eat the sauce raw, you may call it a Romesco or Romesco inspired sauce. This raw sauce is super flavorful and goes wonderful with grilled or broiled fish or veggies. And my version has a few tweaks from the original ingredients for an updated but still delicious take on the wonderful Romesco sauce.

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Homemade Salted Hazelnut and Pistachio Chocolate Brittle

The answer on how to make anyone smile is this easy homemade salted hazelnuts and pistachios chocolate brittle! The caramel layer is sweet and salty thanks to all the nuts. You can use just hazelnuts but you know I love pistachios so much and they add another layer of nuttiness to this recipe. Each bite is full of caramel notes and the chocolate makes everything smoother and of course, better! That’s what chocolate always does, right?!

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