These Butterscotch Cookies are so easy to make, and full of delicious butterscotch flavor. They are thick and puffy and have the softest texture to them.
These are a hit at every holiday party.
the story behind the cookie
In honor of the release of our newest cookbook, 12 Days of Christmas with Six Sisters’ Stuff, we hosted a recipe contest to find YOUR favorite holiday recipes.
After a lot of baking, cooking and sampling we have chosen 12 of our reader’s favorite recipes. Thanks to everyone who participated.
Today we are featuring Grandma’s Butterscotch Cookies from Kathleen Clegg of Idaho. These cookies are her husband’s grandmother’s recipe and her husband’s favorite cookie.
His grandma used to make the cookies for them when they would go to their house to visit. They all looked forward to them. She was an amazing cook, but these cookies always felt like love.
They are a little bit time consuming, so now Kathleen makes them as a special treat for the holidays.
They always bring a smile to their faces, thinking about what a beautiful, generous and loving lady grandma she was, always. A wonderful example to look up to.
could i use cold milk from the fridge for this recipe?
You could use cold milk from the fridge, however, we don’t really recommend it.
The canned milk, and the half and half, have an extremely thick texture. It will make the cookie dough more creamy.
You could also use coconut milk, but we prefer the half and half for the best results.
If you do have to use milk, we recommend using 2% or vitamin D milk.
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Butterscotch Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
Cookies:
- ½ cup butter
- 1½ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup half and half
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Frosting:
- ½ cup butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- ¼ cup cold water
Instructions
Cookies:
- Cream butter, sugar and eggs in large mixing bowl. Sift and mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- In another bowl, combine the milk or half and half with the vinegar and mix well. Add dry ingredients a little at a time to creamed mixture, alternating with the milk, mixing well. Adding the vanilla with the milk.
- When the dough is mixed well, place on ungreased cookie sheet in teaspoonfuls, about 2 inches apart.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.
Frosting:
- Cook butter in a saucepan over low heat until ambered color and it stops bubbling.
- Be sure not to burn it.
- Remove from heat and add two cups of powdered sugar and 1/4 cup cold water. Beat until spreadable.
- Spread on cookies while the frosting is still warm. Allow the cookies to sit until the frosting is set.
Nutrition
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Looking forward to the cookbook. I hope you incorporated the origins and meaning of the song. It has been lost for so many people over the years.
Oh wow! Thanks so much. This is amazing. I’m so happy you love the cookies like we do. Grandma was a wonderful, lovely lady. We miss her a lot.
Your recipe says sift flour, soda, powder and salt. But the recipe doesn’t say any measurement for the baking powder.
I might have missed it, but there a link in this post to Kathleen’s website? I would like to see more of her recipes.
The people that entered the contest are not all bloggers. Most were men and women who wanted to share a favorite family recipe. Kathleen’s cookies are amazing!
I followed the recipe exactly. My batter is more like cake batter than cookie batter. It is so thin. Is the 1 cup of milk correct? Thanks.
I found this too, I just added more flour but still came out with a kind of “muffin top” kind of product. retrospectively I would try a half batch with no milk at all for a more dough-like consistency
P.S I still loved this recipe and the kids all loved them too