Butternut Cookies
Ingredients
- 3/4 c butter room temperature + 1 Tbsp.
- 1/2 c powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 3/4 call purpose flour
- 6 oz package butterscotch chips
- 1 c finely chopped pecans
RUM GLAZE
- 3 c powdered sugar
- 1 tsp rum extract
- 1/2 c chopped pecans
- 3 to 4 tbsp milk or water
Instructions
- Cream butter with powdered sugar and salt til light and fluffy.
- Blend in flour, mix well.
- Add butterscotch chips and 1 cup finely chopped pecans.
- Shape dough, a scant teaspoonful at a time, into balls.
- Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake in 325′ oven for 15 minutes or until firm but not brown.
- Let cool on wire racks.
- Make rum glaze. Mix the ingredients until smooth.
- You can either dip the cookies in the glaze or use a spoon to pour over cookies. Sprinkle with chopped pecans.