Butterscotch Cookie
Ingredients:
For the cookies:
- 1 cup salted butter, softened to room temperature
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 ounces butterscotch chips
- 6 ounces white chocolate chunks or chips
For the brown butter butterscotch sauce:
- 4 tablespoons salted butter
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions:
- Make the butterscotch sauce. Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Continue to cook and stir until butter turns a golden brown color, and there are browned bits.
- Immediately add the brown sugar, salt and heavy cream to prevent the butter from burning. Stir to combine and bring to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent the bottom from burning or the sauce from bubbling over.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla. Store in the fridge to cool and thicken until cookies are baked and cooled.
- Make the cookies. Use a mixer to cream together the butter and sugars until smooth and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
- Add eggs and vanilla, mixing until fluffy.
- Add flour, baking soda and salt, mixing until combined into a dough.
- Stir in the butterscotch chips and white chocolate.
- Scoop into 1 inch balls and place on parchment-lined sheet in the freezer for 15 minutes while you preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes until the edges are just browning.
- Let cookies cool completely before dipping in cooled butterscotch sauce.