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
Butterscotch Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Packed Brown Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 Cup Butter, Softened
- 2 Eggs
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 2 1/2 Cups All Purpose Flour, Spooned & Leveled
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 Teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 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 1/2 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!
I gave it 4 stars because 1 teaspoon gor salt was alot I decided to add half a teaspoon and they were still very salty. I would strongly suggest to only put a PINCH of salt. I will do this next time. Otherwise they were great!
After 2 cookies…its 2 salty.
After making the dough, can the dough be chilled over night or is it better to chill it for only 35-40 minutes?
You can chill it overnight 🙂
I haven’t tried them yet. Can you put pecans in them and if so how much could you put in
I’m lazy. Can I put the dough in a pan and make bars? How long would it need to bake? Thanks Nichole
That’s a good question, I haven’t tried it as bars, but I’m sure it would work fine! I think I’d try it in a 9×13 inch pan and start with about 15-20 minutes.
Absolutely delicious! Butterscotch is my husbands favorite!. Next time I may add more butterscotch chips.
Omg… excellent recipe! I added heath bar pieces, mini choc chips and a dash of All Spice to this! So yummy!
What do you consider a “heaping tablespoon?” The ones I made cake out delicious, but I only got about 30 of them.
Substitute half the butterscotch chips for chocolate chips and these are the best cookies ever! Also a dash of nutmeg doesn’t hurt. Everyone loves these!!
These came out delicious! I subbed white chocolate chips in place of butterscotch (that’s what I had in my pantry) and that worked great. These are very sweet…and I like sweet cookies so that works for me! Thanks for this wonderful recipe.
Hi! These butterscotch cookies look so delicious! I wS wondering do you use salted butter or unsalted butter? Thank you
I use salted, either is fine 🙂