Recipe(tried): Cream Cheese Macadamia Drops w/ White Chocolate

Hope you enjoy these, we did!!!
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
grated zest of 1 lemon
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup coarsely chopped unsalted Macadamia nuts
4 oz. white chocolate, coarsely chopped
6 oz.white chocolate, melted ( optional )

In a large bowl,using an electric mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese
for 1-2 minutes, until creamy, scraping the bowl occasionally.
Add the sugar and continue beating for 1-2 minutes more, until light and fluffy.
Beat in the vanilla and lemon zest.

Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl, and stir into the cream cheese
mixture. Stir in the chopped nuts and chocolate. Chill the dough for about
1/2 hour, until firm.

Preheat the oven to 400 F. Lightly spray cookie sheets with cooking spray or
grease the pans. Drop dough by heaping teaspoons onto prepared cookie sheets
about 2" apart, and flatten slightly. Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes, until
puffed and golden. Remove the baking sheets to wire racks to cool slightly,
then transfer cookies off of cookie sheets to wire rack to cool completely.

Drizzle cooled cookies with the melted white chocolate, if desired.
Makes about 20 cookies :o)