Title: Best Butterscotch Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 1 servings
Cookies:
1/2 ts Baking soda
1/4 ts Salt
1 1/2 c Dark brown sugar
1 c Salted butter
2 lg Eggs
2 ts Vanilla extract
1 c Chopped walnuts
1 c Walnut halves
2 1/2 c All-purpose flour
Glaze:
8 oz Caramels
1/4 c Heavy cream
Cookies: preheat oven to 300. In medium bowl, using a whisk, mix together
flour, soda and salt. Set aside.
In large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, beat together sugar and
butter. Mix to form grainy paste. Scrape down sides of bowl when necessary.
Add eggs and vanilla and beat on medium until soft and lumpy. Add flour
mixture and chopped walnuts and mix on low just until combined. Do not
overmix. Drip cookie dough by rounded tablespoon 2 inches apart on
ungreased cookie sheet. Place 1 whole walnut half in center of each cookie.
Bake 25 minutes or until cookies begin to turn brown at the edges. Transfer
to a cool, flat surface.
Glaze: melt caramels with cream in small saucepan over low heat and stir
until smooth then remove from heat. Drizzle cooled cookies with glaze in
interesting patterns.
The Dessert Show 1/19/96
