Best Ever Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies (with Sea Salt)
Enjoy the delicious taste of butterscotch and chocolate chips combined in these easy-to-make Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies! Made with a few simple ingredients and a sprinkle of sea salt, this warm and gooey treat is sure to become your favorite recipe.
Servings: 12 Large Cookies
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Ingredients
Sea Salt Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
- ½ cup unsalted butter straight from fridge or room temperature
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour measured correctly
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butterscotch chips use less butterscotch chips if you want, butterscotch is very sweet, so the more you add the sweeter these cookies will be, that's why we love the sea salt option on top!
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- Sea salt sprinkles for the sweet and salty vibe!
- Optional: walnuts
Instructions
How to Make Sea Salt Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In another large bowl, using an electric mixer at medium speed, beat together the butter and sugars until smooth and mixed together well without any butter chunks left.
- Add the egg and vanilla and mix on low speed until mixed in.
- Add the flour, baking soda and salt into the mixture and mix together until just incorporated. Do not overmix dough.
- Add butterscotch chips, chocolate chips and any add-ins you wish and mix together - again no overmixing, just until incorporated.
- Using a small or large ice cream scoop or heaping tablespoon, drop the dough onto the prepared baking sheets, 6 to 8 per pan, depending on size you are making. Add some butterscotch and chocolate chips to the tops if desired before baking by gently pressing them into the cookies before or after baking.
- Bake the cookies, 1 sheet at a time, until the bottoms and edges are lightly browned and the tops feel firm when lightly touched.
- Cookie dough portions: (2 tablespoons of cookie dough) - Medium sized cookies bake 8-10 minutes, (1/4 cup cookie dough) - Large cookies bake 10-13 minutes.
- Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer the cookies to wire racks to cool completely. Sprinkle sea salt on cookies while they cool.
- Makes 12 -30 cookies depending on size.