Choco-Butterscotch Cookies...YUM!

Sooo......if you are like me, and live in central NJ, you are currently buried under at least 10 inches of snow.  Ugh.  Is it spring yet?

I would like to share 3 things today:

1) Shoveling should be a man's job.  Hands down.  Hate it.  Especially heavy snow.

2) I don't have to work out for the next month thanks to shoveling out our driveway and sidewalk (see item 1)

3) The kiddies and I made chocolate chip-butterscotch cookies this afternoon.

I like option 3.  I hope you do, too.

You'll need:

2 sticks of butter (salted or unsalted - your preference.  I used salted)
1 1/2 cup dark brown sugar (dark brown sugar will give you a crunchy outside, and a chewy inside)
1/2 cup white sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla

2 sticks of butter

2 eggs
Dash of milk
1/2 tsp ARM & HAMMER® Baking Soda
2 1/2 cups flour
your choice of chumks (do you want nuts, chocolate, toffee?  White chocolate?  You choose!)

Preheat your oven to 350 for a regular oven, and 325 for convection.

Almost looks like peanut butter, it's so creamy!

Cream your butter and sugar in your mixer on medium.  No butter chunks, please.  Nice and creamy is what you are looking for.

Blendy, blend, blend!

Add your vanilla and your eggs, blend, then add your baking soda and your splash of milk (between 1 tsp -1 tbs)

Add your flour, and blend until just incorporated.

Go ahead, you know you want some raw cookie dough!

Dump in your flavors.  (go ahead, sample a few to make sure they taste good!).  Blend.

Just chillin'

Chill your dough for at least an hour.  Your butter will start to break down as it warms up, and you want your cookies to be nice with a great crunch on the outside and that ooey chewy on the inside).

My good helpers' results

Drop in spoonfuls (or, if you are my children, smash them down on the cookie trays as hard as you can until they are nearly obliterated or flat pancakes) on your cookie trays.

Ready to bake!

Pop in your toasty oven, and let them bake for about 10 minutes or until the edges look a bit brown and solid.  The tops may look a bit undercooked, but taking them out of the oven before they look brown will save them from burning.  They will still cook as they sit on your stovetop!

Mmm...mmm....gooooood!

Give them a few seconds, then use your offset to release them from the tray, and place them on your cooling rack. 

See?  Crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside!

Grab a glass of milk, pop a few on a plate, and you've got yourself a sure-fire way to enjoy a snowy afternoon treat with your family!!!

Here's hoping you enjoy this awesome recipe, that you are not completely snowed in, and that spring comes really, really, really, really soon. (I would like my daffys, tulips and hyacinths to actually grow this year - last year it snowed so much, they were buried past their season, and I never saw them. :(  )  Did I mention I'm sick of snow?  God bless!