Recipe - White Chocolate Chip And Cashew Cookies

2 One half cup All purpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda
One fourth teaspoon Salt
One fourth teaspoon Nutmeg
1 cup Unsalted butter; room
temperature (2
; sticks)
1 cup Sugar
One fourth cup Unsulfured molasses
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 One half cup Roasted unsalted cashews;
(about 7 1/2
; ounces), chopped
One half cup White chocolate chips

Sift first 4 ingredients into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, cream
butter, sugar and molasses in large bowl until fluffy. Beat in eggs and
vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients. Add cashews and chocolate chips.
Refrigerate 1 hour or overnight.

Preheat oven to 350F. Grease cookie sheets. Drop dough by rounded
tablespoonfuls onto sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. Bake until golden
brown, about 12 minutes. Cool on cookie sheets 2 minutes. Transfer to rack
and cool completely. (Can be prepared 1 week ahead. Store in airtight
container.)

Makes about 3 dozen.

Bon Appetit November 1990

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