Butterscotch Chip Cookies - These melt in your mouth butterscotch cookies are soft, chewy, and packed full of rich butterscotch chip flavor!
Guys. I'm gonna go ahead and clear the air here and admit something.
I like butterscotch chip cookies better than chocolate chip!!
I don't know what it is - that buttery goodness stuffed inside a soft cookie gets me every time.
I can't keep my hands out of the cookie jar with these.
In fact, the kiddos and I ate these for breakfast today.
We aren't even sorry either.
These cookies are soft - but not so soft that they are "cakey"
They're soft in the middle and slightly crisp on the edges.
PACKED with butterscotch chips because you can really never have too many, right?
Sweet, chewy, butterscotch-ey goodness.
Bonus - these are a pretty simple cookie. They take about 10 minutes to prepare, they do need to chill for 30-45 minutes, then they only need about 10 minutes to bake.
Don't skip the chilling! It's important so your cookies stay nice and soft in the middle.
This is where I have to practice patience, which I am the absolute WORST at.
Luckily these cookies are worth the wait!
I love butterscotch so much I will be putting my butterscotch muffin recipe up for you soon - so keep your pretty peepers peeled for that!
If you're looking for other fun butterscotch cookies right now you have to check out my Salty Marshmallow Cookies! They're salty sweet perfection. Or, if you're a candy lover (who isn't?) I have you covered with these Peanut Butter Butterfinger Cookies!
Enjoy!
~Nichole
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Packed Brown Sugar
- ½ Cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 Cup Butter, Softened
- 2 Eggs
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 2 ½ Cups All Purpose Flour, Spooned & Leveled
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 Teaspoon Salt
- ½ Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1 11 Ounce Bag Butterscotch Chips
Instructions
- In a large bowl using hand mixer or bowl of stand mixer, cream together the butter, both sugars, and vanilla extract for 2 minutes on medium speed until well mixed and fluffy. Add eggs and mix until well combined.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. With mixer running on low speed add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and beat until just incorporated. Fold in the butterscotch chips.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate the dough for 30-45 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with nonstick cooking spray.
- Scoop one heaping Tablespoon of dough at a time into a ball and place on the prepared pan about 1 - 1 ½ inches apart. Bake cookies in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes, until slightly golden around the edges.
- Allow cookies to cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan.
I shared this recipe over at The Weekend Potluck!
These came out so soft and chewy! Best butterscotch cookies I've ever had. They are sweet, soft, chewy, and there is a little salt/cinnamon to offset the sweet. This is my new favorite recipe.
These are delicious! I have people comment on them all the time and ask for the recipe! Thank you!
the best cookies I ever made everyone loved it thank you for the recipe
My first time baking butterscotch chip cookies and it's soo good. One wuestion though. How do I get a flat thin cookies result? Does it depends on how big I make the ball of cookie dough before baking?
Skip the chilling process and and make slightly smaller balls. Chilling solidifies the fat in the butter so that the cookies don’t flatten out.
Tried these the other day & they absolutely SLAP. They go perfectly with a cup of coffee.
Very good! The parchment paper made it so easy to remove them from the cookie sheet
Amazing cookies. I am definitely going to make these again.
Instead of substituting anything, I went ahead and made the recipe precisely as it was written. 4-Stars all the way! Thank you.
P.S. The only problem is that the batch should be doubled so there will be cookies left for the rest of the family when they get home!
My sister would bake a pan of brownies in the morning for her kids, eat one here and there throughout the day and have to bake ANOTHER pan before they got home! Lol Thanks for bringing up a sweet memory for me! 🙂
best cookies i have ever made !
Version 2: Substituted white chocolate chips for some of the butterscotch chips. Ridiculous. Also, when kept in a glass storage jar, these cookies have a long, long shelf life.
This recipe is excellent! My 11-year-old even said he may like these better than chocolate chip cookies, which is high praise. Thanks for the addition to my cookie recipe collection!
Hi. Amateur question since im a newbie baker. Do I have to wait for the cookie batter to come to room temperature before popping in the oven? Or do i bake them straight from the fridge? I have always had a hard time with cookies. And i really want to try your recipe. Would appreciate your reply. Thank you!!
Hi! Bake the dough right from the fridge 🙂
Made half the recipe—17 three-inch cookies. Used light & dark brown sugar (which I did not pack) and natural crystals. The main issue was keeping my wife away from the dough. New star in my galaxy of cookies.
I asked my husband to hide them from me. SO GOOD!!
Delish awesomeness
Hi,
how long can you refrigerate before baking?
This is a great recipe. It’s a little too sweet though. It may because of the butterscotch chips I used. I would recommend cutting the sugar content down a bit. Otherwise it is a perfect recipe!
Oh these look good. Do you use unsalted butter?
I've used salted and unsalted in this recipe and both worked fine 🙂
These are the best cookies ever! I originally tried the recipe back in March and it is the only cookie I have made since then. Everybody I make them for loves them!
They are awesome cookies....I cut sugar by 1/2 and used 1/2 molasses...
I used Yogurt to replace egg
Soft and chewy...DELICIOUS !!