Chewy powdered sugar crinkle cookies featuring butterscotch chips, cinnamon, ginger, and a hint of nutmeg.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Now that Thanksgiving is over, holiday baking season is in full swing. And I’ll definitely be including these Butterscotch Spice Crinkle Cookies on my Christmas baking list!
I’m a big believer in including a few simple, drop-style cookies on your Christmas cookie tray. I certainly don’t have time to make all kinds of fancy, cut-out, filled, frosted cookies during the busy holiday season.
These cookies are absolutely amazing. The only bad thing is you can’t just eat one…Soo delicious.
Heather
Which is why I love these butterscotch crinkle cookies so much. They have wonderful, seasonal flavors, but I can whip them up without any fancy ingredients, and without spending hours in the kitchen.
They’re soft and chewy on the inside and crispy and crinkly on the outside. Pretty much cookie perfection, if you ask me.
Don’t just take my word for it though. My family loved them too!
I just love the crinkled powdered sugar coating. It’s a little bit like snow, which makes these cookies all the more festive.
Don’t skip rolling your cookies in the powdered sugar. That’s actually what makes them crinkle!
Not to mention the cinnamon and ginger, with a hint of nutmeg. And of course, all those creamy butterscotch chips.
These cookies are perfect with a glass of milk, or weather permitting, a mug of hot cocoa. And I’m sure Santa wouldn’t mind if you left a few out for him on Christmas Eve.
Of course, my family loved these cookies so much, I’ll be making them all year long. I hope you love them as much as we did!
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Ingredients
- Butter
- Brown sugar
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla
- Flour
- Baking soda
- Baking powder
- Spices: cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, salt
- Butterscotch chips
- Powdered sugar
Butterscotch Spice Crinkle Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 11 oz. package butterscotch chips
- Powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, beat butter and sugars with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla.
- Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger and salt and mix well. Stir in butterscotch chips.
- Roll dough into 1 inch balls, then roll balls in powdered sugar to coat heavily. Place dough 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets.
- Bake 10-12 minutes, or until cookies begin to crack and edges are golden. Do not overbake. Cool slightly on cookie sheets before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
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3 comments
Sarah M
these look amazing! questions – how long would these last? Should I keep them refrigerated or room temp? any alts for nutmeg..? would pumpkin pie spice work
Danelle
They will last 3-4 days at room temp. I’ve never tried putting them in the refrigerator, but they do freeze well. And I think pumpkin pie spice would work fine.
Heather Maske
These cookies are absolutely amazing. The only bad thing is you can’t just eat one…Soo delicious.