Best Hannahs Best Butterscotch Cookies Recipes

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Provided by Judy from Hawaii

Time 42m

Yield 60 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 15

1 tablespoon vinegar
1 cup evaporated milk (about)
1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup chopped nuts
60 walnut halves or 60 pecan halves
1/2 cup butter
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
2 -4 tablespoons boiling water

Steps:

Put vinegar in a 1 cup measure; add enough evaporated milk to make one cup & set aside.
Beat butter with electric mixer at medium speed till light; add brown sugar and beat till light & fluffy.
Beat in eggs & vanilla blending thoroughly.
Stir together dry ingredients.
Stir evaporated milk and add to creamed mixture, alternating with flour mixture.
Stir in chopped nuts.
Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough onto a greased baking sheet, about 2 1/2-inches apart.
Bake at 350°F for 10-12 minutes or till lightly browned and barely firm to touch.
Remove from baking sheets; cool on racks.
When cool, spread with frosting and press a walnut or pecan half into each cookie.
Frosting: Melt butter in a small sacepan.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until butter stops bubbling and is nut-brown in color (do not scorch).
Add confectioners' sugar and boiling water, a little at a time, beating well after each addition.
Beat until smooth & of spreading consistency.

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Provided by á-3915

Number Of Ingredients 10

3/4 cup (1 and 1/2 sticks) salted butter, softened
6 ounces cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. baking soda
2 large eggs
3 cups flour (packed down when you measure it)
1 cup (6 ounces) butterscotch chips
1 cup (6 ounces) white chocolate chips

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 325 and place rack in middle of oven. 2. In a large bowl, mix the softened butter, softened cream cheese, white sugar, brown sugar together until they're light and fluffy. 3. Mix in the vanilla and the baking soda. 4. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition. 5. Add the flour, in 1 cup increments, mixing after each addition. 6. Mix the buttersctoch and white chocolate chips in by hand. 7. Dropped the dough by mounded teaspoonfuls onto an UNGREASED cookie sheet, 12 cookies to a sheet. (Can put parchment paper on the sheet.) 8. Flatten the cookies a bit with the spatula or palm of your hand. 9. Bake at 325 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes or until nicely golden on top. 10. Let the cookies cool for 2 minutes on the cookie sheet and then remove them to a wire rack to cool completely.