Can I tell you about my day? my very frustrating and almost fruitless day!! Actually, I don’t think I am going to bother you with it because after I spent all morning trying to book the girls into swimming lessons on a dysfunctional website, it all became very frustrating and boring. From overly pierced and arrogant sales people in chocolate shops, through to narky moms in the playground – I had my work cut out for me.
So now I find myself tapping away on my computer, drinking my peppermint tea (pretending it’s a nice full bodied red), with my feet up. And thinking about these cookies, which amongst all the mayhem, really did brighten me up.
These little beauties are not that dissimilar to your standard chocolate chip cookie, possessing a lovely crisp exterior and slightly chewy centre. They are peppered with a moorish blend of butterscotch chips and pecans that give them an almost caramel flavour. Very nice as a lunch box treat.
Ingredients
2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (226 grams/8 ounces) lightly salted butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
1 teaspoon water
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs, beaten
1 cup butterscotch chips
1 cup pecans, finely chopped
Preheat your oven to 180c/350f.
Whisk the flour, soda and salt together in a bowl. In another large bowl, mix the butter with a wooden spoon till blended and smooth, then mix in the sugars. Add the water, vanilla and eggs to the butter mixture. Stir in the flour mixture until just combined and then fold in the butterscotch chips and pecans. Refrigerate for 20 minutes so the mixture firms slightly.
Using two soup spoons, drop the cookies 2 inches apart onto two nonstick or greased cookie sheets. Bake for 8 – 10 minutes, rotating the sheets after four minutes. Remove the cookies to a wire rack to cool, and repeat the process with the rest of the batter.
Yeild: Around 30 cookies.
Notes: I found that these cookies can be a little too sweet if you use a standard supermarket butterscotch chip – I purchased mine from King Arthur Flour (in the US) and they are the real deal and so much better. If you have trouble finding butterscotch chips you can also use white chocolate chips (good ones).
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