Butterscotch chocolate chip cookies are a delicious blend of sweet flavors in every chewy cookie. Packed with butterscotch and chocolate in every bite, you'll want to eat these cookies by the handful.
From the chewy edges to the soft centers, these cookies are truly delicious. Chocolate butterscotch cookies are a fun twist to the traditional chocolate chip cookie. They're perfect any time of the year, but especially around Christmas, thanks to holiday cookie exchanges!
If you love butterscotch, make sure to check out my Easy Microwave Scotcheroos and Easy Butterscotch Apple Pie.
Why This Recipe Works
- Simple ingredients. We just need some basic Pantry Staples to make this cookie recipe. Along with some chocolate chips and butterscotch chips, we can get a frugal cookie recipe made with minimal shopping needed.
- Easy to follow steps. We don't need to put too much effort into this cookie recipe. With a little whisking or mixing here and there, we can have it ready in no time.
- Minimal dough chilling is needed. Why wait for hours when you can wait s little as ten minutes? With our freezer method, you can have tasty cookies ready to bake in about the same time as it takes to preheat the oven.
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🥘 Ingredients
All-purpose flour- This will be the glute structure and base of our cookie dough.
Cornstarch- Adding a little cornstarch into the dough gives us a lighter texture.
Leavening agents- Use baking powder and baking soda to help the cookies spread and puff up as they bake.
Salt- This is a natural flavor enhancer.
Butter- You can use salted or unsalted butter depending on what you have on hand, but it should be softened before use, or else you'll need an extra minute of mixing to break it up into smaller pieces.
Sugars- To give us a sweet and chewy cookie with a nice depth of flavor, you will need both granulated sugar and brown sugar.
Vanilla- This is a flavor enhancer.
Egg- Adding in an egg will give us a richer tasting dough and help to bind the ingredients together.
Chocolate chips- You can use semi-sweet chocolate chips for a nice contrast or milk chocolate chips if you want the cookies sweeter.
Butterscotch chips- Found in the baking aisle near the chocolate chips, these caramel colored chips will give our cookies that unique taste we're looking for.
For specific quantities, see the recipe card below.
🍽 Equipment Needed
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🔪 Instructions
Check out how to make Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies with these simple step-by-step instructions:
Add the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt to a large mixing bowl.
Whisk well to combine. Set aside.
Add your sugars and butter to a large mixing bowl.
Cream them together until light and fluffy.
Add in the egg and vanilla.
Mix well to combine.
Add the dry ingredients to the sugar mixture.
Mix together just until combined and no white streaks remain.
Add in your chocolate chips and butterscotch chips.
Fold them together to distribute.
Scoop the dough into 2 tablespoon sized scoops and place on a parchment lined baking sheet at least 2 or 3 inches apart. Place the sheet in the freezer for 10 minutes while you preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Alternatively, you can let the dough chill in a covered bowl in the fridge for a few hours. Let unused dough sit covered in the fridge to avoid getting too warm as it waits.
Bake the cookies for 13-15 minutes until the edges look set. Immediately top with additional chocolate chips and butterscotch chips (if desired). Let cool for 10-30 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to the cooling wrack.
Continue until all cookies have been cooked and cooled.
Serve or store for later. Enjoy!
📖 Variations
A fun variation for this recipe is adding in a box of dry pudding mix! Butterscotch pudding, vanilla pudding or cheesecake pudding mix all work wonderfully, but chocolate pudding mix is pretty great too! Just add it in with the dry ingredients.
🍴 Recipe Tips
For that photo-ready finish look, you can sprinkle additional milk chocolate chips on the hot cookies immediately after they pop out of the oven. They'll melt and look glossy as the cookies cool.
When you chill the dough, having it nice and cold is what helps to keep the cookies from cooking too fast and melting down too thin. If you reuse the same baking sheet over and over for every round of cookies in the oven, you may notice that as you cycle through the cookie dough the cookies are coming out thinner. This is because of the warm pan.
Let the cookies cool on the pan for at least 10 minutes. 30 minutes is much better. The longer they sit on the pan, the more they set and finish cooking. They also retain better texture.
Your butterscotch chip cookies should look soft in the center but set around the edges. The tops should no longer look glossy. This is how to avoid overcooked cookies, as they will finish the cooking process as they cool on the baking sheets.
👩🏻🍳 Storage
If stored in an airtight container at room temperature, these cookies can last up to a week! You can also choose to freeze them for longer storage (3 months).
💭 FAQs
Yes, you can whip up the dough as directed and then place it in a plastic wrap covered bowl in the fridge for up to 2 days. Then allow the dough to sit at room temperature for about 30 minutes before scooping and baking as directed.
The different types of sugars used will change the texture, flavor, and color of the cookies. Brown sugar gives you a chewier cookie with a darker color, whereas granulated sugar keeps the cookies looking more pale and crunchy. A combination of both is best for optimal results.
If you're using colder butter, that's okay! It just means that you'll need an extra minute or two to blend the butter before adding in the sugar and other ingredients. Fridge cold butter is something I personally prefer in my cookies.
More great cookie recipes to check out soon
- Elf Sized Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie
- Chocolate Halloween M&M Cake Mix Cookies
- Caramel Apple Cider Cookies
📖 Recipe
Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups All-purpose flour ($0.12)
- 1 teaspoon Cornstarch ($0.01)
- ½ teaspoon Baking powder ($0.01)
- ½ teaspoon Baking soda ($0.01)
- ½ teaspoon Salt ($0.05)
- ½ cup Unsalted butter, softened ($0.75)
- ½ cup Brown sugar ($0.18)
- ½ cup Granulated sugar ($0.11)
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract ($0.01)
- 1 large Egg ($0.08)
- ½ cup Chocolate chips ($0.45)
- ½ cup Butterscotch chips ($0.45)
Instructions
- Add the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt to a large mixing bowl.
- Whisk well to combine. Set aside.
- Add your sugars and butter to a large mixing bowl.
- Cream them together until light and fluffy.
- Add in the egg and vanilla.
- Mix well to combine.
- Add the dry ingredients to the sugar mixture.
- Mix together just until combined and no white streaks remain.
- Add in your chocolate chips and butterscotch chips.
- Fold them together to distribute.
- Scoop the dough into 2 tablespoon sized scoops and place on a parchment lined baking sheet at least 2 or 3 inches apart. Place the sheet in the freezer for 10 minutes while you preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Alternatively, you can let the dough chill in a covered bowl in the fridge for a few hours. Let unused dough sit covered in the fridge to avoid getting too warm as it waits.
- Bake the cookies for 13-15 minutes until the edges look set. Immediately top with additional chocolate chips and butterscotch chips (if desired). Let cool for 10-30 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to the cooling wrack.
- Continue until all cookies have been cooked and cooled.
- Serve or store for later. Enjoy!
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