Delicious cookies made with lightly salted cashew pieces.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Cashews
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 12 minutesminutes
Cooling 15 minutesminutes
Servings 36
Cost 5
Ingredients
1stick unsalted butterroom temperature (114 grams – 4 oz)
1cuplight brown sugar180 grams
1large egg
¾tsp.vanilla
⅓cupsour cream80 grams
2cupsflour255 grams
¾tsp.baking powder
¾tspbaking soda
½tspsalt
1 ¾ to 2cupslightly salted cashew halves & pieces⅔ cup butterscotch chipsuse only if not frosting
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Cream butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer; beat in egg and vanilla. Fold in the sour cream, keeping the batter light.
Thoroughly mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together in a separate bowl. Add flour mixture to butter mixture and stir until almost mixed. Add cashews and butterscotch chips and stir until fully mixed.
Drop dough by well-rounded teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheet. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until edges are brown. Cool and frost with brown butter frosting if desired.
Notes
Brown Butter Frosting4 oz unsalted butter (114 grams), 2 c. powdered sugar, sifted, 3 T. cream (I used milk), ¼ tsp. vanillaTo make frosting; lightly brown butter a saucepan. Remove from heat and add sifted powdered sugar, cream and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Let it cool a bit, then spoon it into a zipper bag. Snip a tiny piece off the end and pipe the frosting onto the cookies.