Toffee Butter Cookies
Craving something sweet, but not too rich? Toffee Butter Cookies are the answer. Light, crisp, buttery, and extra tasty with the double chocolate layer on top.
Servings: 10
Calories: 507kcal
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup butter softened, no substitutes
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- ½ cup toffee bits
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
for topping:
- ½ cup white chocolate chips
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips + 1 tablespoon half and half
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, beat together with electric mixer, butter and powdered sugar, add egg and vanilla, beat until fluffy.
- Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and toffee bits, beat at low speed until well combined.
- Use a medium cookie scoop or a tablespoon full rounded into balls and place 2 inches apart on greased or lined cookie sheets.
- Bake 10-12 minutes or until cookies are starting to brown on the edges.
- Cool on cookie sheet for a couple of minutes, move to wire rack to finish cooling.
- For topping, melt white chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl, for about 30 seconds, stir until smooth.
- In a separate microwave safe bowl, combine semi-sweet chocolate chips with half and half and microwave about 45 seconds, stirring after the first 20 seconds.
- Stir until smooth.
- Pipe or drizzle each chocolate over the cooling cookies
Notes
For piping, just add slightly cooled chocolate to a small zipper style bag and clip one corner and squeeze over cookies.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 507kcal | Carbohydrates: 59g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 82mg | Sodium: 267mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 34g