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Butternut Cookies

These delicate butternut cookies are rich with butter, studded with butterscotch chips and pecans, and finished with a sweet rum glaze. Soft, crumbly, and melt-in-your-mouth, they’re a nostalgic treat perfect for holidays or everyday baking.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Total Time 38 minutes
Servings: 30 cookies
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 150
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 0.75 cup butter softened
  • 1 tbsp butter additional
  • 0.5 cup powdered sugar
  • 0.25 tsp salt
  • 1.75 cups all-purpose flour
  • 6 oz butterscotch chips
  • 1 cup pecans finely chopped
  • 3 cups powdered sugar for glaze
  • 3-4 tbsp milk or water, for glaze
  • 1 tsp rum extract
  • 0.5 cup pecans chopped, for topping

Method
 

  1. Cream butter, powdered sugar, and salt until light and fluffy.
  2. Mix in flour until combined.
  3. Fold in butterscotch chips and chopped pecans.
  4. Shape dough into small balls and place on baking sheet.
  5. Bake at 325°F for 15–20 minutes until set but not browned.
  6. Cool completely on wire racks.
  7. Mix glaze ingredients until smooth.
  8. Dip or drizzle glaze over cookies.
  9. Sprinkle with pecans and let glaze set.

Notes

Keep cookies pale for a tender texture. The rum glaze adds a classic bakery-style finish—don’t skip it.