Butterscotch Cashew Cookies

(from Ryan77’s recipe box)

Source: Joanne Fluke

Categories: Cookies

Ingredients

  • 3/4 c 1 and 1/2 sticks (6 oz) salted butter softened
  • 6 oz softened cream cheese (1/4 of an 8 oz pkg.
  • 3/4 c white (granulated) sugar
  • 3/4 c brown sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3 c flour (pack it down when you measure it.)
  • 1 c butterscotch chips (6 oz)
  • 1 c white chocolate chips
  • 1 1/2 c salted, chopped cashews. measure before chopping

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

  2. In a large bowl, mix the softened butter, softened cream cheese, white sugar and brown sugar until they are light and fluffy

  3. Mix in the vanilla and the baking soda. Add the eggs one at a time mixing after each addition.

  4. Add the Butterscotch chips to your bowl and stir them in.

  5. Add the white chocolate chips to your bowl and mix thoroughly.

  6. Add the chopped salted cashews and mix well.

  7. Drop the dough by a mounded teaspoonful on cookie sheet.

  8. Flatten the cookies a bit with th blade of a spatula or your impeccably clean palm. They will spread a little more in the oven but not a lot.

  9. 5 Bake for about 10 minutes or until they are golden on top.

  10. Let them cool for a minute or two and transfer to cookie rack to cool completely

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