White chocolate cookies with crushed macadamias

I learnt this recipe in Australia but I am unsure if it is Australian. I suppose with the macadamia nuts it might be. I love this recipes and people love it too.

Makes: about 20 cookies
Temperature: 180 degrees C
Cooking time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

1 cup of whites chocolate bits
1 cup of macadamia nuts (crushed)
125 g of soft butter
1 cup of brown sugar
1 lightly beaten egg
1 TS vanilla essence
1 1/2 cup self-raising flour (sifted)
1 pinch of salt


1. Put together the soft butter and brown sugar and mix thoroughly until it it light and fluffy.

2. Add the egg and vanilla and mix together.

3. Add the sifted flour and the salt to the mix. You will end up with a very soft dough barely sticking to your hands (so try not to mix it too much either).

4. Add the macadamias and the chocolate bits to the dough.

5. Take about 1 TB of dough and make a small ball. Roll it gently and put all of them on a cooking rack (put on a cooking rack some baking paper so the cookies will not stick to the rack). Don't forget to leave some space between each cookie as they will spread a little.

6. Cook for 20 to 25 minutes until they are lightly brown.

Yum!