Gingerbread Butterscotch Cookies
Yield: About 3 dozen cookies
Cook Time: 9-11 minutes
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 cup light molasses
- 1 (11 ounce) package Butterscotch Flavored Morsels
- 1/4-1/2 c. raw (course) sugar
Directions
Preheat oven to 350° F.
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt. In an electric mixer bowl (you may mix by hand, but it's more work), add butter, sugar, egg and molasses and mix until smooth and creamy. Scrape all cookie dough from sides and bottom to be sure it all blends evenly. Gradually add flour mixture to the butter and sugar mixture and mix until well blended. Remove bowl from electric mixer and stir in morsels by hand.
Make 1 1/4-inch balls and roll in sugar. (Tip: If you are not able to find coarse raw sugar, you can use regular granulated sugar instead.) Place onto ungreased baking sheets and bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes, then move cookies to wire racks to cool completely.