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Butterscotch Pudding Cookies with chocolate chips - the pudding in these butterscotch cookies makes them extra soft and chewy! | www.thebatterthickens.com

Butterscotch Pudding Cookies

  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 16 cookies 1x

Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 ½ sticks butter, melted
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup instant pistachio pudding mix
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup chocolate chips

Optional add-ins:

  • Butterscotch chips
  • Pretzels
  • Heath bar
  • Candy bar chunks

Instructions

  1. In a medium bowl sift together flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
  2. Place the melted butter in a large bowl and whisk in granulated sugar, brown sugar and pudding mix. Whisk in the egg and vanilla extract. Add flour mixture and mix just until combined. Do not over mix. Stir in butterscotch chips and pretzels.
  3. Chill the dough for 30 minutes (or up to 3 days). This step is not mandatory since the cookies will be thick enough even without refrigerating.
  4. Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Line pans with parchment paper.
  5. If the cookie dough is hard to handle, leave it on the counter for a few minutes.
  6. Drop rounded balls of dough onto prepared baking sheet, the size of 3 tablespoons each. Bake for 9-11 minutes, until cookies just begin to brown at the edges. Cookies will appear undone but will continue to bake on the warm baking sheet. Leave to cool for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.