Here is the first cookie recipe in my 12 Days of Recipes series.
And it is a keeper! The creamy butterscotch blends beautifully with the salted pretzels.
And pudding makes everything better.
I baked up a storm this weekend and have everything hiding in my freezer to pass along to friends this holiday season.
As usual, I spent today making food and getting prepped for the week ahead. I took all of your suggestions from last weekend’s post when planning this week and definitely kept things simple.
But I will have some great new Crockpot recipes for you in the mix!
BTW, I am SO HAPPY that you guys are as excited about this recipe blitz as I am!
Or maybe I’m just happy because I made it to yoga this morning : )
Meal Planning 12/16/13
Monday: Crockpot Butter Chicken
Tuesday: Premade Turkey Burgers
Wednesday: Cajun Jambalaya
Thursday: The BOY’s Making Dinner
Friday: TBD
Butterscotch Pudding Cookies
From Sugar n’ Spice Gals
Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup. quick oats
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 (3.4oz.) box instant butterscotch pudding
1 cup butterscotch chips
1 cup crushed pretzels
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together the sugars and butter. Add the eggs, vanilla and beat till light and fluffy.
Mix in the oats, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and pudding until thoroughly combined, try not to overmix. Stir in the butterscotch chips and crushed pretzels.
Roll into about 1 inch balls and drop on your cookie sheet*. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack and store in a sealed container.
*Note: I recommend silpats for easy clean up!
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Oh my goodness- those look amazing!!! I bet the pretzels give it a great crunch!
And yay for going to yoga this morning!!! I did it before bed last night and it was so wonderful.
I love night time relaxation yoga and wish I was in more of a routine. Do you do a video or just do it on your own? Someone once recommend this AM.PM DVD that has different workouts for morning and night.
Yes! That’s the one I use. It’s a Rodney Yee one, but a lady leads the pm/ I think this is it: http://www.amazon.ca/A-M-Yoga-Beginners-Rodney-Import/dp/B00007JME6
It’s pretty short, too, which is nice!
I’ve heard great thinks about him. I’m going to add it to my amazon wish list. Thanks!
I am not much into butterscotch but I could probably change those out to something different!!
I need to do more yoga! That is a fact!!! 🙂
Any chips would be good there, but I would suggest a dark/white chocolate mix, cinnamon chips, or heath….yum!
Those sounds amazing! I love butterscotch. I can’t wait to see the crock pot recipes. My mom made crock pot candy this weekend and it turned out so good. Just white and milk chocolate almond bark and peanuts!
Oh in the crockpot?! How awesome!
Can you send me that recipe?
This is the recipe she started with. It is from Trisha Yearwood on the Food Network. Instead of german chocolate, she used chocolate almond bark since that is all she had along with the other chocolate. She used a melon baller and scooped it into small mini muffin tin papers. Perfect size!
2 pounds salted dry-roasted peanuts
4 ounces German’s sweet chocolate (about 4 squares)
One 12-ounce package semisweet chocolate chips (about 2 cups)
2 1/2 pounds white almond bark
Directions
Put the peanuts in the bottom of a 4-quart slow cooker. Layer the chocolate over the peanuts, beginning with the sweet chocolate, followed by the chocolate chips and then the almond bark. Set the temperature on low and cook for 3 hours. Do not stir the mixture.
After 3 hours, stir the mixture with a wooden spoon until smooth. Drop the candy into cupcake pan liners using about 2 tablespoons per liner. Allow the candy to cool completely before removing the cupcake liners.
Enjoy!
OMG! Thank you! My crockpot will be so happy : )
YUM! My old roommate made cookies with pudding (I can’t remember what kind now…chocolate?) and they were always SO good! Love the salty/sweet in this recipe.
I’m new to the pudding in cookies trend but I am liking it! Thanks for stopping by!
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