One of my favorite quick treats has always been butterscotch pudding. The taste of butterscotch brings me back to my childhood, when I first fell in love and it always brings a sense of nostalgia -back when a cup of pudding was all it took to make me happy. Keeping along with that love of all things butterscotch, I’ve used butterscotch chips in a few of my other recipes like my cheesecake with butterscotch topping and my cookie bars. In this recipe, however, they are absolutely the star of the show.
For a little added depth, this recipe only uses brown sugar, no mixture of brown and white like some of my other cookie recipes. It also includes a teaspoon of maple extract and, similar to my chocolate chip cookie’s, I used cream of tartar for that lovely crackle effect. All of these delicious ingredients create a heavenly smell in your kitchen while baking, which makes turning on your oven in the middle of summertime completely worth it! Also, I’m not usually a milk dipper with my cookies, but these do taste great dipped in milk. My boys devoured them completely, leaving little milk droplets all over my kitchen table!
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened to room temperature
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon maple extract
- 1-1/3 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup butterscotch chips
Corina Reynolds says
How many cookies does one batch make. Also my local store only carries imitation maple flavor. Could that be used instead? I’m looking for some easy and new Christmas cookies and these seem to fit the bill;)
Corina Reynolds says
I’m looking for some new easy Christmas cookie recipes and these sound amazing! But my local store only carries imitation maple flavor. Could that be used instead? Also how many cookies in one batch?
Mama Harris says
I believe it’s about 2 dozen! And yes, imitation is fine! These are great for the holidays!
Samantha says
what if you do not have maple extract?
could you omit it or substitute with vanilla extract?
Mama Harris says
yes, you could do either! The maple just gives it a little more depth, but it’s totally fine if you don’t have it!
Julie says
I only got 12 cookies out of the recipe…I guess I made mine too large 🙂
They tasted great though and whole family enjoyed them.
Wil definitely double or triple the recipe next time.
MamaHarris says
Glad you liked them, this is a great recipe to make large batches of. Thanks!
Erinmae says
Are these soft or crunchy?
MamaHarris says
It’s a little crispier of a cookie. Not soft like a chocolate chip one but it’s not hard or anything either.
Mary Kruse says
I wish there was a way to print this recipe, I guess I will print the ingredients and go from there, these cookies will make a great addition to my holiday baking
MamaHarris says
I’m sorry! My newer recipes have printables on them, but I’m still going through the older ones. I’ll try to update this one with a printable. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!