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These were for my daughter's class to celebrate her ninth birthday. Chocolate Dipped Unicorn Cookies: 3 1/3 cups (400g) flour 1 cup (100g) sugar pinch of salt 1 cup (250g) butter 1 tsp vanilla extract or 1 tbsp vanilla sugar 1/2 - 1 cup (120-240mL) milk for consistency about 200g of chocolate for dipping or piping blue and purple food coloring (optional) sprinkles (optional) Cream butter, sugar and vanilla together. Beat in salt and flour. Add milk slowly until you reach a pipeable consistency. Split dough into two bowls and color them blue and purple. But the dough in piping bags with a large open star tip. Pipe some rosettes by piping in a circle 1 1/2 or 2 times around. Bake at 375°F or 190°C for about 10 minutes. Allow to cool and dip or pipe chocolate onto it. Sprinkle with sprinkles. Allow to set up. These cookies are so pretty and really delicious.    They all disappeared so quickly. Happy Birthday, Natalie. Watch us make these delicious, colorful cookie on our YouTube ...

 These cookies are very popular, but macadamia nuts are hard to find in Europe, so when I saw them in the store, I knew what I had to do. It's time. White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies: 8 oz (225g) white chocolate 1/2 cup (125g) butter 3/4 cup (150g) sugar 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract or 1 tbsp vanilla sugar 1 1/4 cup (150g) flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda Dash of salt 1 cup (130g) chopped macadamia nuts  Begin by creaming the butter. Add sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, vanilla and egg. Beat in flour. Fold in white chocolate and macadamia nuts. Spoon onto a lined baking sheet. Bake at 350°F or 180°C for 8-10 minutes.   These white chocolate macadamia nut cookies are sweet and chewy. They taste amazing. Watch us make these classic cookies on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/sGCl8eDwk2g Schaut zu wie wir diese klassische Kekse auf unserem YouTube Kanal machen hier: https://youtu.be/kcutFru483o