Donnie's Maple Walnut and White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Many people have asked me for this. Here is it just in time for the holidays.
Enjoy!

Maple Walnut White Chocolate Chip Cookies By Donnie Brown

• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup pure maple syrup (not flavoured pancake syrup)
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla or maple extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 cup white chocolate chips/chunks
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. In a large bowl, beat the butter, brown sugar and maple syrup until well combined.
3. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until smooth.
4. Add the flour, baking soda and salt to the butter-sugar mixture and stir by hand until almost combined;
5. Add white chocolate and walnuts and stir just until blended.
6. Drop spoonfuls of dough (or roll rough walnut-sized balls) about 2" apart on a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with nonstick spray. Flatten each a little with your hand, just to give them a head start.
7. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until pale-golden and set around the edges but still soft in the middle. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Makes 20 cookies.