Welcome back! Chrissy and I are at it again. This is the third cookie recipe in our Christmas sweets and treats posts this holiday season. What do I have for you this week? Butterscotch cookies with Bailey’s!
Yes, you have permission to drool. Before you do, make sure to check out all the delicious cookie recipes that we have whipped up with the help of Rodelle Vanilla. (Telling you, you should hang your head in shame if you don’t know who they are. Their stuff is amazing!)
If you haven’t noticed, I have a lot of favorite Christmas cookies recipes. Yeah, I am an addict. Don’t be surprised when I tell you butterscotch cookies are, yep, one of my favorites. Butterscotch is not a flavor I can eat a whole lot of but it’s one flavor that definitely says Christmas to me.
When I was playing around with this recipe, I wasn’t really sure how they would turn out. Then again, what could go wrong when you use Rodelle Vanilla and Bailey’s together? That is a match made in heaven! My family liked all of the cookies I made, but this by far was their favorite. Let’s just say this was the first batch to disappear when they had permission to devour. The Bailey’s added a nice lift to the flavor in the cookie, and the butterscotch chips just rounded it out.
These cookies are pretty light cookies. It’s really important to use a really good quality non stick cookie sheet, and also to only cook the cookies until the edges are slightly browned. This will keep the cookies softer rather than having a chewier cookie. If you cook them a little longer, it’s no big deal your cookie with just be a little bit crunchier. Just make sure not to burn those bad boys.
A trick to make sure these cookies are fab? Play around with the flour and Bailey’s if you mix the batter and it looks a little dry, add more Bailey’s one tablespoon at a time. If it looks a little soupy, add more flour a little bit at a time. The dough shouldn’t be super dry or super sticky. Most of my recipes leave a little wiggle room for you to play around with the flour and liquids to get it to a consistency you like!
My other secret weapon? A cookie scoop. I am not one for tons of kitchen gadgets but there are a few that I refuse to live without. In this case good cookie sheets, and a quality cookie scoop. It really helps keep the cookies uniform (read that as baking evenly) and it speeds up the process.
Bailey’s Butterscotch Cookies
These Butterscotch cookies are like what your grandma used to make if your grandma had a proclivity of cooking with booze
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 24
- Category: Cookies
- Cuisine: Holidays
Ingredients
- Two Sticks of Unsalted Butter (Melted)
- 1/2 C Brown Sugar
- 1/2 C White Sugar
- 2 C All Purpose Flour
- 1 t Rodelle Vanilla
- 3/4 C Butterscotch Chips
- 1 t Baking Soda
- 1 Egg + 1 Egg Yolk
- 1/4 C Bailey’s Irish Cream Liquor
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In a medium bowl, mix butter, sugars, vanilla, and eggs.
- Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl.
- Gradually mix wet and dry ingredient’s together using a hand mixer or spoon.
- As you are mixing gradually add in Bailey’s.
- Fold in Butterscotch Chips
- Using a cookie scoop, place dough 1-2 inches apart on a nonstick cookie sheet
- Bake for 10-13 minutes or until edges are slightly browned.
- Cool and serve
Love this recipe? Make sure to check out these other great cookie recipes:
Drunken Snickerdoodle Cookies
Kahlua Marshmallow Fudge
JessicaJ says
I made Bailey’s cookies last year and they were so very bad. I may have to try your recipe this year, so I actually end up with edible cookies, LOL. These look delish! Found you over at Foodie Friends Friday Linky Party 🙂
Ashley Sears says
Jessica, I think we all have our own epic fails when it comes to cookie. Goodness knows I do! So nice to meet you, and you should really give this one a try! It turned out super duper good.
Ashley Sears says
That’s the fun thing about baking. You get to start over again. These are really easy, and I was shocked they turned out the first time. We always have at least one baking fail during the holidays.
Jacqui Odell says
This sounds amazing! Thank you for linking up to Party Time and we hope to see you again next week!
Pam says
What a wonderful combination!! I will have to try these. Pinning these to my dessert board. Thanks so much for linking up at Craft Therapy Thursday at P.S. I Love You Scrapbooking. I hope you’ll come link up again this week!
Ashley Sears says
Awesome! These were definitely a favorite of our family. Hope your family enjoys them as well!
Samantha @ Stir the Wonder says
These look delicious!
Amy McMaho says
Any idea how we can make these with gluten free flour? We have made these many times and they are my husbands favorite but he has to be gluten free now.
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Ash Sears says
Gluten free is a little bit more tricky. We’ve used a 1 for 1 Gluten Free Flour like Bob’s Red Mill 1 for 1 flour in other recipes, but we haven’t tested it in this recipe yet. You might have to add a little bit more baking soda to prevent the cookies from flattening out, but they should still be delish 🙂