Macadamia Praline Cookies

Nathan and I have been meaning to make these cookies for ages and today we finally found the time. It is always so much fun baking cookies, watching the dough come together and eating half of it out of the bowl :)
The recipe actually calls for peanuts but macadamias are so much tastier and macadamia praline is divine. This is my adaptation of a women's weekly recipe.

Ingredients ~

• 125g butter, softened
• 1/4 cup crunchy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 egg, room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups plain flour
• 1/2 tsp bicarb soda
• 3/4 cup macadamias
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 2tbsp water

To Bake ~

• Preheat the oven to 160 degrees.
• First make the praline. Put the caster sugar and water in a saucepan over low heat and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Then bring to the boil (don't stir) until it is golden brown. Put the macadamias on a baking tray (lined with baking paper) and pour the toffee over them.
• Let the toffee come to room temperature (put in the freezer to speed it up) and then process until it is a praline (some looks like crumbs and others that are tiny chunks of toffee and macadamia).
• Beat butter, peanut butter, sugar and egg until well combined. Stir in sifted dry ingredients and half of the praline mixture.
• Grease two baking trays.
• Get heaped dessert spoons of the dough and roll into balls and place on the trays. About 9 fit on each tray. The mix should make 18 cookies.
• Lightly press each cookie and sprinkle with praline mix. Bake in oven for 20mins and cool on trays.