Buttery Rock Buns with Macadamia Nuts

Recently I saw a post of rock buns by a fellow member G of Facebook group, Making Food with Love and it brought back memories of the yummy taste of this old school cookies and of course I asked for the sharing of the recipe and was told that it was by DeQueenKitchen. DeQueenKitchen also shared with me that adding some nuts in will give it some crunch and make it even more delicious. So here I was today baking this and the cookies are just soooooo addictive! The best part is it is not difficult nor tedious to make them!

Adapted from Rock Buns by DeQueenKitchen

Makes about 30 pieces

Ingredients:

- 200 gm plain flour
- 80 gm caster sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 100 gm unsalted butter, cold
- 160 gm mixed dried fruits
- 110 gm macadamia nuts
- 1 egg (60 gm sized)¹
- 1 tsp vanilla extract

Method: 

1. Sift flour, sugar and baking powder together.

2. Cut cold butter into flour mixture using a pastry cutter until the mixture resembles bread crumbs.

3. Stir the nut and fruits into the flour mixture evenly.

4. Lightly beat egg and vanilla extract together.

The mixture should look like this after all ingredients are mixed in.

5. Mix egg mixture into dry ingredients evenly. Refrain from adding extra liquid. Mixture will look dry and crumbly at first but the dough will come together as you continue to stir and mix.

6. Using a cookie scoop, scoop the dough onto lined baking trays. Flatten slightly using your fingers and bake at fan forced 170C for 17-18min.

Notes:

1. Some of you might have noticed that this recipe is 2x that the recipe of DeQueenKitchen but yet my egg quantity remains unchanged. Nope, there is no typo in the above recipe; this 'mistake' came about when I was trying to make 2x the recipe but I forgot to double the egg used but yet the recipe turned out very nice and of just the right texture so I shall leave it as 1 egg. I have also reduced the sugar used since I am using quite a bit of the sweet mixed fruits.