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Old Fashioned Molasses Butterscotch Chip Cookies

Molasses cookies with butterscotch chips thrown in!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Molasses
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Dough Chilling Time 1 hour
Servings 32

Ingredients

  • 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour 285 grams
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ginger
  • 12 tablespoons unsalted butter 170 grams, softened
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar 150 grams
  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup molasses 140 grams
  • 1 cup of butterscotch chips
  • ½ cup or more of chopped and toasted pecans, optional**

Instructions

  • Stir together the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, & cinnamon. Set aside.
  • With an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar, egg, and molasses until creamy, scraping sides of bowl often.
  • Gradually add flour mixture to the creamed mixture, scraping bowl. Stir in the butterscotch chips. If you’re using pecans, add them too.
  • Chill dough for about an hour, then roll shape into walnut-sized balls (or slightly larger). Place on an ungreased non-stick or parchment-lined cookie sheet, and bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes or until cookies appear cracked on the top. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for about 3 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.
  • Makes 32 to 36 cookies

Notes

Note: If you’re using the pecans, you might want to use the crisp cookie variation.
For crisp cookies, flatten the dough balls somewhat and bake at 325 for about 15 minutes.