Pecan Butterscotch Cookies Recipe

Pecan Butterscotch Cookies Recipe Pecan Butterscotch Cookies Recipe photo by Taste of Home Rating 3

These are the quickest, tastiest cookies I've ever made. They can be varied endlessly, but I come back to this version time after time. —Trisha Kruse, Eagle, Idaho

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Pecan Butterscotch Cookies Recipe
  • Prep/Total Time: 25 min.
  • Yield: 21 Servings
10 10 20

Ingredients

  • 1 cup complete buttermilk pancake mix
  • 1 package (3.4 ounces) instant butterscotch pudding mix
  • 1/3 cup butter, melted
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted

Directions

  • In a large bowl, beat the pancake mix, dry pudding mix, butter and egg until blended. Stir in pecans.
  • Roll into 1-1/2-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Flatten with the bottom of a glass. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: about 1-1/2 dozen.

    Editor's Note: You may substitute regular biscuit/baking mix for the complete buttermilk pancake mix.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 88 calories, 6 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 18 mg cholesterol, 167 mg sodium, 8 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 fat, 1/2 starch.

Originally published as Pecan Butterscotch Cookies in Simple & Delicious September/October 2009, p19

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Reviewed on Nov. 16, 2009 by tammyschneider

Easy, soft, and yummy. Love the versatility of the recipe.

Reviewed on Nov. 10, 2009 by Arlene_Sue

very good, especially with chocolate chips

Reviewed on Nov. 10, 2009 by Arlene_Sue

Very easy and tasty. They are light. I used chocolate chips and they were great

Reviewed on Oct. 24, 2009 by druyor@sbcglobal.net

This could possibly be the worst cookie I ever tasted. I too ended up thowing the whole batch in the trash but only after my husband made fun of them. What a waste of time and money! Really Taste of Home, I expect better!!!!

Reviewed on Sep. 22, 2009 by gunny2003

I baked these cookies tonight and after tasting the first one, I threw the entire batch in the trash.  They are the worst cookies I have ever made - and I have been cooking and baking for over 50 years!  I agree with the majority of the posts on this recipe - they are terrible!  There is no 'cookie' taste or texture to them.  They may be quick and cheap to make - but if they don't taste good - what's the point?  I don't think I have EVER made a recipe from any of your magazines (and I subscribe to several) that I was not completely pleased with - but this one has gone to my shredder.

 Thanks for allowing me to reply.

 Vicki B.

Reviewed on Sep. 22, 2009 by gunny2003

I have to agree with the majority of those posting - I threw out all these cookies - well, all but the one I tasted. They had no sweet 'cookie' taste at all-not anything I would ever serve to guests. I have shredded the recipe.

Reviewed on Sep. 16, 2009 by Amy T.

Again, I am so sorry to hear of your disappointment with the Pecan Butterscotch Cookies. As you may be aware, we test every recipe published in Simple & Delicious in our Test Kitchen. After we saw this post, we retested this recipe three different ways because there can be some confusion regarding the mix that was called for in the recipe. We tried the cookie using one of the ingredients (below) for the 1 cup complete buttermilk biscuit mix in the ingredient list:

1 cup complete buttermilk pancake mix

1 cup biscuit/baking mix (regular Bisquick) -complete just add water

1 cup from the (7.5 oz) pouch complete Bisquick Biscuit Mix - Buttermilk  flavor

Our findings:

The cookies tasted similar regardless of the product we used, and all of the products performed well in the Test Kitchen. We liked the buttermilk pancake mix the best, as it gave the cookie a slightly sweeter flavor. The ingredient in the recipe has been changed from 1 cup complete buttermilk biscuit mix to 1 cup complete buttermilk pancake mix.

The dough was moist and held together better through rolling verses dropping by a tablespoon. The method has been changed to: Roll into 1-1/2-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets.                                              

If a slightly sweeter taste cookie is desired, we suggest dipping the glass in sugar before flattening the dough balls.

In summary, we thought the recipe was a clever use of five ingredients to make a quick, pecan butterscotch cookie.

Amy T.

Food Editor, Simple & Delicious magazine

Reviewed on Sep. 09, 2009 by Amy T.

Hi,

I apologize for any inconvenience this recipe has caused. We are reviewing the recipe and putting it back through the testing process. I will post the results as soon as they're available.

Thank you for understanding,

Amy T. 

 

 

 

Reviewed on Sep. 08, 2009 by ddisher

I agree. These were awful. I ended up throwing them all away.

Reviewed on Sep. 04, 2009 by cacr35

I just made these cookies and agree with angelbabymd--DID THEY LEAVE SOMETHING OUT! It seems it needs one more thing.

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