Butterscotch Walnut Cookies...

These cookies turned out to be yummy little morsels!  With a hot cuppa coffee or tea...

See how they puff up?  Not what you're going for. 

Let them cool completely!!!

After about five minutes, they start to deflate...flatten out.

A little trick I learned when trying to keep your sheet of parchment paper on the cookie sheet...Crumble it up!  I usually wet it as well, squeezing out the excess water, opening it up and placing it on the baking pan.  Works great!

Perfection!  I also discovered, you need to make these cookies small.  The larger ones tend to break apart more easily since they're so flat.

Remember, let them cool completely before packing them up.  Since this is my own creation, I'm still experimenting  with the recipe.  Feel free to come up with your own using my base recipe.  Enjoy!

Ingredients you'll need:

Prep Time:  20 minutes
Cook time:  15 to 20 minutes
         Don't leave too long in the oven
Yields:   2 1/2 dozen small cookies

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 small egg
2 ounces of milk
1 1/2  teaspoons vanilla extract
2 sticks butter
1 cup white granulated sugar
1/2 cup  brown sugar, tightly packed
2 cups butterscotch morsels
2 cups chopped walnuts
 
Also need:

Mixer
Cookie sheets 
Parchment paper
medium sized ice cream scoop (if you have...otherwise, use two spoons)

PREHEAT OVEN TO 400 degrees

Add all of the above ingredients (EXCEPT WALNUTS AND MORSELS)  to your mixing bowl.  Turn on mixer.
Beat at medium speed for at least two minutes.
NOW ADD WALNUTS and MORSELS!
Beat for about 30seconds until just combined.

Scoop onto parchment lined cookie sheet.  DO NOT place close together...they spread! 

Check cookies every 5 minutes or so to check on how brown they are getting.  They get puffy at first so don't worry.  When they bake a little longer, they'll flatten out more.  Then, when they are as brown as YOU want, take out of oven...and COOL ON THE PAN FOR AT LEAST 15 minutes before you think of moving them to a cooling rack!!!  

I baked mine for 18 minutes...You may like them at less or more time than we do...Up To You!
You can also use pecans and chocolate chips if you want... Mix the base recipe up any way you want!

Enjoy!
Donna