Several months ago, I received a big bag of macadamia nuts from Oh! Nuts. I have used them in a variety of recipes including Coconut and Macadamia Crusted Chicken, Blueberry Muffins, as a salad topping, and in banana pancakes. In their online store, Oh! Nuts carries practically every imaginable nut and dried fruit, plus a selection of candies. All of their products are kosher and exceptionally fresh. You can really tell the difference between their nuts and those you buy off of the grocery store shelf. Plus I love that they come packaged in convenient zip top bags.
When coming up with recipes ideas for the macadamia nuts, I felt it obligatory to use a macadamia nut/ white chocolate combination in something. They are just such natural bed fellows.
Hence- White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Muffins.
Macadamia nuts with their buttery, but mild flavor are in my opinion one of the best nuts to bake with. They add a nice crunch and texture contrast without overpowering any of the other flavors.
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter,, softened
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup half-and-half
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons cake flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup macadamia nuts,, toasted and chopped
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° and line muffin tins with paper liners.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the 2 flours and salt. Set aside.
- Using an electric mixer, cream the butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add sugar while continuing to beat. Add eggs one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl if necessary.
- With mixer on low speed, add half-and-half and vanilla extract. Once added, increase speed to combine well.
- Add flour mixture and beat just until flour is incorporated. Stir in white chocolate and nuts. Evenly divide batter between 12 muffin cups and bake for approximately 25 minutes.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
More Muffin Recipes
Upside Down Pumpkin Pecan Muffins
Dark Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
Disclaimer: I received a free bag of nuts from Oh! Nuts.
Drrrooooool…Can you make them appear in my house right now? I LOVE white chocolate and macadamia nuts!
How exciting getting a bag of macadamia nuts! Sounds like you’ve been using them in wonderful ways, and your muffins sound equally amazing!
Yes! It was exciting getting a bag of macadamias! I don’t usually buy them so it was fun to try so many recipes with them.
I adore white chocolate macadamia cookies but I’ve never though to use those flavors in muffins before! These sound delicious! I could definitely go for one for breakfast right now…. lol
I lurrrve white chocolate macadamia nut cookies! But it muffin form they are even better! I mean they are muffins so they can be eaten for breakfast, a snack, even dessert – so many excuses – er I mean opportunities to eat these! Yum!
White chocolate baked goods are my favourite *-* And these muffins look so fluffy and moist, I look I was snacking on one now… they’re so so lovely indeed! x
oh yummmm these muffins look so scrumptious, white choc and macadamia make it heavenly….just can’t be happy with one…will certainly go for some more helpings 🙂
It’s hard to eat just 1 muffin isn’t it? 😉