Butterscotch Gingerbread Cookies
These flavorful and tender Butterscotch Gingerbread Cookies are rich in gingerbread spices with the flavor of caramelized sugar in the butterscotch morsels.
Servings: 3 ½ dozen
Calories: 1820kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- ⅓ cup molasses unsulphured
- 1 large egg
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
- ¾ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 11 ounces Butterscotch Morsels
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Cream together the softened butter until smooth and then add in the molasses and egg.
- In a small bowl, combine the all-purpose flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and salt.
- Slowly beat the dry ingredients into the molasses mixture until all ingredients are moistened.
- Stir in the butterscotch morsels.
- Use a #40 cookie scoop (or 1.6 tablespoons worth of dough) and place it on the prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 - 11 minutes or until cookies the tops of the cookies are lightly browned.
- Cool on baking sheets for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
These cookies can be frozen for up to 3 months either baked or as cookie dough.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 1820kcal | Carbohydrates: 292g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 68g | Saturated Fat: 42g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 17g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 227mg | Sodium: 1409mg | Potassium: 844mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 183g | Vitamin A: 2079IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 205mg | Iron: 9mg
