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Butterscotch Cookies
 
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 6 Minutes
Ready In: 16 Minutes
Servings: 16
This recipe came from the Hicks-Sterns Museum in Tolland, CT. It is a genuine Early American recipe that has been modernized just a little. these are cookies the way the early settlers made them.
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions:
1. Sift dry ingredients, set aside.
2. Cream softened butter and sugars.
3. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
4. Gradually spoon in dry ingredients.
5. Reserve last 1/3 of dry ingredients and add chopped nuts to it.
6. Stir remaining dry ingredients into batter.
7. Drop by 1/2 teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets.
8. Bake 350 degrees for 6 to 8 minutes.
9. Allow cookies to set on baking sheet for a few minutes before removing to cool. (NOTE: Do NOT cool completely on the cookie sheet)
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