Butternuts Cookies Recipe

5      Reviews by:    Carol Whitehouse   Butternuts Cookies Recipe are baked using butter, powdered sugar, salt, flour, butterscotch chips and chopped pecans and then topped with a rum glaze of powdered sugar, rum extract, chopped pecans and milk. Food Category:    Cookies Cuisine Origin:    Midwestern    Servings:70 Nutrition facts:84 calories4.3 grams fat Print Preview Rate This Recipe Prep Time:   15 Minutes Cook Time:   21 Minutes Total Time:   36 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

• 3/4 c butter, room temperature + 1 Tbsp
• 1/2 c powdered sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 3/4 c all purpose flour
• 6 oz package butterscotch chips
• 1 c finely chopped pecans
• RUM GLAZE:
• 3 c powdered sugar
• 1 tsp rum extract
• 1/2 c chopped pecans
• 3 to 4 Tbsp milk or water

DIRECTIONS

• Cream butter with powdered sugar and salt til light and fluffy. Blend in flour, mix well. Add butterscotch chips and 1 cup finely chopped pecans.
• Shape dough, a scant teaspoonful at a time, into balls. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake in 325°F oven for 15 minutes or until firm but not brown. Let cool on wire racks.
• Make rum glaze. Mix the ingredients until smooth. You can either dip the cookies in the glaze or use a spoon to pour over cookies. Sprinkle with chopped pecans.

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