Delicious Butterscotch Cookies

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

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a medium mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth.

Add the egg and continue to cream until smooth and evenly distributed.

Add in the extracts and combine well. Set bowl aside. 

In a separate bowl combine all dry ingredients, not including butterscotch chips. 

Combine well.

Add dry ingredients to the wet, mixing until just combined.

Add butterscotch chips, slowly folding them into the batter.

Create little balls (I use an ice cream scoop) and place on cookie sheet being sure to keep enough space between cookies so they can spread without touching. 

Bake in preheated oven for about 10-12 minutes.

These have a great "puff" to them, and the cream of tartar gives the cracked effect when they cool down.

Perfection!

They are great with milk, what a fun treat for the kids!

You might not even want to share!

Enjoy!