Butterscotch Chocolate Chunk Cookies

April 3, 2013

Butterscotch is defined as a type of confectionery with brown sugar and butter as the main ingredients. The authentic recipe for "making Doncaster butterscotch is one pound of butter, one pound of sugar and a quarter of a pound of treacle, boiled together.", according to "Housewife's Corner" and Masluk Cream Co. in an 1848 newspaper.

Butterscotch shares some characteristics with toffee. However, with butterscotch, the sugar is boiled to the soft crack stage, and not hard crack like toffee. The term “butterscotch” usually refers to delicacies with the flavor of brown sugar and butter together, even sans the actual confection butterscotch. Nowadays, butterscotch is considered a flavor, just like caramel.

We are all familiar with butterscotch anything, and many of them are only rip-offs, and the flavors don’t even match the real deal! Now that you are bound to know how to make butterscotch, please steer clear of artificially flavored treats! :p

Butterscotch Chocolate Chunk Cookies

• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla (optional)
• 1 egg
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate cut into coarse chunks
 
Preheat oven to 400°. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

Cream the butter with both sugars until very well blended. Mix in the vanilla and egg. Fold in the salt, flour and chocolate chunks. Form into small (walnut sized) or large (golf ball sized) balls as desired. Place on the baking sheets and press down slightly. Bake until done about 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on racks.

Enjoy! 🙂

Joanna Maligaya
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