Butterscotch Crunch Cookies Recipe

Posted by Grandma Jeanne on May 31, 2010

2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon rum extract
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1-1/3 cups butterscotch morsels
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate morsels

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease 2 baking sheets.

Mix together flour, baking soda, and salt.

Beat together butter and brown sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy.

Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.

Stir in vanilla and rum extract.

Stir flour mixture into butter mixture.

Fold in nuts, butterscotch morsels, and chocolate morsels.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls.

Place balls 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Flatten each ball slightly.

Bake cookies until lightly browned, 10 to 15 minutes.

Transfer baking sheets to wire racks to cool slightly.

Transfer cookies to racks to cool completely.