Perfect soft and chewy cookies, packed with white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts, these cookies are just like Subway cookies... but even better as you know exactly what is in them!
Who doesn't love a subway cookie!!! They have mastered the perfect mix between crunch and chew! Firm enough to stay together but soft enough to melt into your mouth.
I shared a double chocolate chip subway cookie recipe about a year ago. They are still my boys favourite! But subway do so many other delicious flavours! White chocolate and macadamia nut cookies being my favourite (although the raspberry and white chocolate one is a very close second!)
The double chocolate chip cookies took me a couple of attempts to get right, so when I set about making my favourite white chocolate and macadamia nut subway style cookies I thought I'd nail it in a couple of tries.
Ha!!!! I made so many delicious white chocolate and macadamia nut cookies, but after 4 attempts I still hadn't made ones I left worthy of the title subway style cookies. I did a final tweak and 5th time lucky!!!
I was a very popular lady that week!!! I think everyone I know got to try those cookies, I'm not entirely sure where each batch went. Except that final batch, that went to the group of Mums that I was on a business course with. That box didn't last long!
These cookies look pretty unassuming, but they are so so delicious! They are definitely what I call subway style cookies.
Enjoy x
White Chocolate and Macadamia Nut Subway Style Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup macadamia nuts
- 1 stick softened butter
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour (plain flour)
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 175ºC/350ºF.
- Roughly chop the macadamia nuts and set aside.
- Put the softened butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar into the bowl of your stand mixer. Beat them together until the mixture is ighter and everything is well combined. (about 3 minutes)
- Add the vanilla extract and the egg, then beat once more until everything is creamy and even lighter in colour. (This takes about 3-4 minutes)
- Add in the flour, salt and baking soda, then mix until the flour is just combined.
- Tip in the the white chocolate chips and the chopped macadamia nuts into the mixture.
- Then mix until everything is combined.
- Roll golf ball sized balls of dough and place them onto a baking sheet lined with cooking paper. Ensure they are 5cm (2 inches) apart
- Bake for 10 minutes until lightly golden. (They will be soft when you take them from the oven!)
- Carefully transfer the cooking paper to a cooling rack, then use a spoon to gently flatten the still soft cookies.
- Leave the cookies to cool.
Steph says
Amazing!!! I’ve never been able to crack the subway recipe and here it is right here. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Kayleigh says
Can you freeze any left over dough?
Claire McEwen says
You certainly can. Just make sure it is wrapped up nice and tight.
Cx
Kim Doyle says
These cookies are wonderful. Thank you
winnie says
when the cookies are taken out of the oven, should they still be golf ball shaped? they taste great though
Claire McEwen says
Hi Winnie,
they should have flattened more than that. Sometimes it can be because the flour ratio is a little out (which happens when we use cups to measure the flour)
You can use the back of a spoon to flatten the cookie and also dropping the tray of baked cookies onto a flat surface can help too.
Cx
Gabriela Morales says
Decided to follow this recipe, and everything smelled delicious, but the cookies didn’t even spread at all. I had to flatten them and added 5 more minutes because it wasn’t completely done.
Claire McEwen says
Hi Gabriela,
I suspect the cookie may have had too much flour in them.
This can happen when using cup measurements.
I find if I drop the tray on a flat surface a few times that can help them flatten. or use the back of a spoon.
Hope that helps
🙂
Cx
Abir Karimbux says
Absolutely amazing recipe... the cookies taste delicious.
Elena says
Hi! Do you use salted macadamia nuts?
Claire McEwen says
Hi Elena,
I usually buy unsalted macadamia nuts, but I have just trialed a peanut and choc chip cookie recipe (using this recipe as a base) and the salted peanuts worked really well. So I think if salted macadamia is what you have then the cookies could definitely still work.
Hope that helps 🙂
Cx
Anna says
Followed the recipe step by step. Ended up with a melted mess instead of cookies. Absolutely do not recommend. Either the recipe is messed up, or the website's conversion to grams is wrong.
Claire McEwen says
I am so sorry to hear that Anna, I will definitely look at the grams conversion tool, as it is a recipe that my kids make a lot, so it is very well tested.
Sabina says
Hey☺️ how many grams is one stick of butter? I'm from Germany and i just want to be sure. I will try it on the weekend.
Claire McEwen says
Hi Sabina,
1 stick of butter is 115g of butter.
Hope that helps
Cx
Kylie says
We made these today and delicious and soft and chewy! Taste is spot on, though ours turned out a bit thicker (and smaller in circumference) than a regular Subway cookie after ten mins in oven. Any ideas?
Claire McEwen says
Hi Kylie,
So pleased you enjoyed them 🙂
Did you use a spoon to push the cookies flat once they came out of the oven (step 11)
The short cooking time is the best way I have found to keep them soft and chewy in the middle, so they do need to be pushed flat after cooking. I find if I flatten them before cooking that they end up too crispy.
Hope that helps 🙂
Cx
Naomi says
Hi, I’m going to try making these, just a question - do you leave them in a golf ball shape to bake or do you flatten them slightly?
Claire McEwen says
Hi Naomi, you leave them as golf ball shapes as they spread in the oven, then when they come out of the oven use a spoon to flatten them 🙂
Hope that helps 🙂
Cx
GG says
Hi 🙂
Can I just check whether it should still be 175 degrees for a fan oven too?
Claire McEwen says
I would reduce the oven to 160ºC for a fan oven 🙂
Cx
Kirsten says
These cookies are perfect!! I used cashews instead of macadamias and they were a great sub at half the price. I'm keeping this recipe forever- thank you!
Claire McEwen says
Oh yum, I will be trying them with cashew nuts!
So pleased you enjoyed them!
Cx
P.S We are making some today but with some dried cranberries in the mix.
Pin says
My boyfriend wanted to bake cookies and we decided to copycat subway cookies but didnt expect 100% result with our first try. First things first, I have allergies to macamedia nuts so I couldn't taste it however whoever's tasted them said they are really like subway cookies and the taste is spot on! Just to give you few ideas, we used an unsalted vegan butter which is easier to deal with if you just leave it out for 10-15 mins, really easy. Main difference was I let the batter sit in the fridge for an hour before I baked them. Also they were bigger than the suggested size (scooped with an ice cream scoop) so we end up with 12 cookies but we were happy to be able get more bites from one cookie. Thank you for the recipe Claire, tomorrow I am gonna bake these cookies for my co-workers 🙂
Claire McEwen says
Great to know you can use a substitute for butter 🙂
Thank you for coming back to comment, so pleased everyone enjoyed them!!
And I agree a bigger cookie is always a good idea 😉
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Lisa says
How much is a serving? Default is 18 servings per recipe. Is that 18 cookies?
Claire McEwen says
Hi Lisa,
The recipe will make 18 cookies and the nutritional info is for one cookie.
A serving.....well I could eat 3 of these in one sitting 😉
Hope that helps Cx
Paul S Murauskas says
Claire, I am a 69 year old male. I made these cookies several times. Everyone loves them. My son says "those cookies are Godly!!!", and my son-in-law wants "4 dozen" for the Christmas dinner. You did an awesome job on this recipe and I have fans that think they are better than Subway's. I will make 8 dozen a couple of days before Christmas.
Claire McEwen says
Thank you so much Paul!! It makes me so happy that your family all love them!
Good luck with the baking, 8 dozen is a lot of cooking 🙂
Cx
shannon says
should i use salted or unsalted butter?
Claire McEwen says
Hi Shannon, I tend to use salted butter for most things because we don't keep unsalted butter in the house normally.
Hope that helps 😀
Cheryl says
I just made these as a surprise for my boyfriend and they are absolutely delicious! I had to taste test a few of course. They’re exactly the right flavour and texture that I was going for, and I’m not an experienced baker at all! Thanks for the great recipe.
Claire McEwen says
Oh I am so pleased you enjoyed them Cheryl!!!
They are a bit moreish aren't they 😉
Cx
Kristine says
hi!
i really want to make these cookies, but can i substitute the light brown sugar with regular brown sugar? And if so, would it be sweeter?
And how long can i store the cookies for?
looking forward to making these!
Claire McEwen says
Hi Kristine,
I haven't tried it but I think it might still work. You should still get the soft centre, but maybe a slightly more caramel flavor from the brown sugar.
I hope that helps 😀
Milly says
I made these yesterday (although I had to use milk chocolate instead of white) but they were delicious! Can’t wait to get some white cooking chocolate and bake them again! They do taste so much like the subway cookies! Thank you. X
Claire McEwen says
Oh YEAH 😀
Thank you for coming back to comment, so happy you enjoyed them.
Joanna Sarosiek says
I made those on saturday and they turned out hard and crunchy i was hoping for soft center where did i go wrong
Claire McEwen says
Hi Joanna, it sounds like you cooked them for a bit too long. When they come out of the oven they are very soft and people often want to put them back in. But don't, they are soft when hot and cool down to a slightly firm cookie with a soft centre.
Casey says
Hello,
Can you please tell me how much a stick of butter is?
Thank you
Claire McEwen says
Hi Casey, a stick of butter is 4oz or 115g. Hope that helps 😀
(Also at the bottom of the ingredient list there is a toggle between US Customary - Metric so you can always switch over to weights if you prefer that 😀 )
Claire
Nicole says
These cookies taste very good, however they did not spread how i would have envision for subways cookies,,, not sure what i may have done wrong. Also i feel as though i was not left with enough batter to hold the cookie together with the white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts, i cant pick them up without them falling apart...other than this, the cookies do taste delicious.
Claire McEwen says
Oh I am sorry to hear this Nicole.
I wonder if it is a difference in how we scoop out our flour.
Next time I make them I will try and make a little video of how I scoop my flour, as I think each method gives a different amount of flour in the cup.
Jenilee says
Hey, i just found your recipe and was wondering if you could recommend a substitue for the all-purpose flour. I have a gluten allergy but have most flours on hand. coconut, almond, garbanzo, rice, tapioca.
Claire McEwen says
Hi Jenilee, I admit I haven't tried to make these gluten free (even though my Dad has to follow a GF diet!!!)
I have made this recipe from Kat over at the loopy whisk a couple of times and although they aren't like subway cookies, they are delicious.
Sorry I couldn't be more help.
http://theloopywhisk.com/2017/11/28/gluten-free-white-chocolate-chip-cookies-chewy/
Rachelle says
Hi claire!!! I was searching for this exact recipe and gosh! They were exactly subway white macadamia cookies! So now my hubs and son keep on requesting for me to bake this haha!!! Thank you! You’re such a genius haha ♡
Claire McEwen says
OH YEAH 😀
Thank you so much. I am so happy you enjoyed them.
jessica says
are you sure just a 1/2 cup of sugar? These came out horrible and followed it exactly. They look like melted butter with nuts and chip in the middle.
Claire McEwen says
Oh no!!! I am so sorry they were horrible.
Did you add both types of sugar?
The 1/2 cup of light brown sugar and the 1/3 cup of granulated.
Other than that I wonder if perhaps the flour was old?
Or the butter was too soft?
Claire McEwen says
Jessica I have just noticed that my conversion kit has added 1/2 cup of flour instead of 1 1/2 cups of flour!!!!! If you were using cups that will be the reason why. It should be 1 1/2 cups of flour (180g)
This will explain the melted butter rather than a cookie!!!
I am so sorry for this and have updated the recipe.
Dorothy Dunton says
Hi Claire. I have a good friend who will be beyond thrilled when I send her at batch of these. Well, maybe not the whole batch.
Claire McEwen says
Hehe, Make a double batch 😉 There is always a need for more cookies in the world!!!!!
I hope your friend loves them 😀
Dorothy Dunton says
Hi Claire. You have done it again my friend. One of my best friends will love it when I send her a batch of these.
Claire McEwen says
Oh Dorothy xx
Your friends are super lucky that you cook up cookies for them, what a sweet thought xx