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www.RecipeFaire.com Presents:
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Butternuts Cookie
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by:
Carol Whitehouse
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Butternuts Cookies Recipe are baked using butter, powdered sugar, salt, flour, butterscotch chips and chopped pecans and then topped with a rum glaze of powdered sugar, rum extract, chopped pecans and milk.
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INGREDIENTS
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3/4 c butter, room temperature + 1 Tbsp
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1/2 c powdered sugar
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1/4 tsp salt
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1 3/4 c all purpose flour
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6 oz package butterscotch chips
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1 c finely chopped pecans
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RUM GLAZE:
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3 c powdered sugar
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1 tsp rum extract
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1/2 c chopped pecans
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3 to 4 Tbsp milk or water
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DIRECTIONS
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1:
Cream butter with powdered sugar and salt til light and fluffy. Blend in flour, mix well.
Add butterscotch chips and 1 cup finely chopped pecans.
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2:
Shape dough, a scant teaspoonful at a time, into balls. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
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3:
Bake in 325°F oven for 15 minutes or until firm but not brown. Let cool on wire racks.
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4:
Make rum glaze. Mix the ingredients until smooth. You can either dip the cookies in the glaze or use a spoon to pour over cookies. Sprinkle with chopped pecans.
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