Key Lime Macadamia Cookies:
Ingredients:
For the glaze:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Place butter in a small pan (preferably one with a light colored bottom) over medium heat. Now, you have to pay very close attention, as your butter is going to be ready before you know it. Your butter will melt, then it will become foamy and then it will begin to turn a very light golden brown and finally to a nice, deep brown. You will smell the difference! Once it reaches the deep brown, nutty stage, remove it from the heat and transfer it to a small bowl to cool.
Place chopped macadamia nuts in a skillet over medium heat. Stir and toast nuts until fragrant, and until they're just starting to get a nice light brown color. Remove from heat.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugars. Stir in key lime juice and zest. Slowly mix in flour until well combined, then fold in macadamia nuts. Shape dough into balls (I used about 1 tablespoon for each) and place on ungreased baking sheet.
Bake for 15-18 minutes, or until bottoms are golden brown, but not the tops.
Place cookies on a wire rack to cool.
While cookies are cooling, mix your brown butter, powdered sugar and milk in a small mixing bowl. Consistency should be runny.
When cookies are cool, use a spoon to pour glaze over the tops of cookies. I used about 1 large teaspoon for each cookie.
Allow glaze to set slightly, then devour!
Enjoy!
Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
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