Apple Butterscotch Cookies

Close up of a plate with 4 cookies stacked on top of each other.

5 from 3 votes

These cookies taste like fall! With cinnamon, clove and nutmeg, these delicious Apple Cookies with Butterscotch have all the seasonal flavors you love. Made from scratch, these soft, cake-like cookies are decadent and a great treat for sharing with friends and family for Thanksgiving and beyond.

Prep Time10

Cook Time12

Total Time22

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: cookies

Calories: 191kcal

Author: Sharon Garofalow

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup soft butter or margarine
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 1/2 cups chopped apples I used Honeycrisp
approximately 8 ounces of butterscotch chips

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, cream together brown sugar and butter with a hand mixer or stand mixer.
Add eggs and milk; beat well.
Mix flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg in a small bowl.
Add 1/2 the flour mixture to the creamed mixture and mix well. Finish with the second half and mix until combined.
Stir in apples, butterscotch chips and walnuts, if using.
Drop by tablespoon on well-greased baking sheets (or use parchment).
Bake at 400 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.
Remove from baking sheets immediately; cool on racks.
Makes about 4 dozen cookies (or 2 dozen if you made ginormous cookies like I did).

Notes

If you want to add in nuts the original recipe includes 1 cup of chopped walnuts.

*If you didn't read through the post, the texture on these cookies could be better and I'm not sure how to fix it. The flavor is out of this world delicious. They are crumbly and cake-like. Just wanted you to know!

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