Christmas Macadamia Cookies

Not everybody loves macadamias, perhaps because they start to turn rancid quite quickly and then taste stale. Fresh macadamia nuts, however, have a deliciously subtle, buttery flavour and give our cookies the perfect crunch. Macadamias are native to Australia’s tropical rain forests and have been enjoyed as a particularly rich source of food by Aboriginal Australians for centuries. Today they are so popular that sometimes there are macadamia shortages, as these nuts are quite tricky to grow