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butternuts

(25 RATINGS)
15.46K Pinches 23 Photos
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Niagara Falls, NY
Updated on Oct 21, 2025

These are my most requested cookie. I usually make at least 500 of these at Christmas. It's a very simple recipe but packed with lots of flavor!

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Oh wow... these buttery cookies are so delicious. They're crunchy little balls of yumminess. Sort of reminds us of a Mexican cookie (but even better!). The butterscotch chips are a bonus; they add so much flavor. Drizzling with the rum glaze and sprinkling with chopped nuts add an extra pop of flavor. A fantastic cookie for your holiday cookie tray. But, they're so good you'll find excuses to make these often.

— The Test Kitchen
prep time 5 Min
cook time 15 Min
method Bake
yield 3 dozen

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup butter, room temperature + 1 Tbsp
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 package package butterscotch chips, 6 oz.
  • 1 cup finely chopped pecans
  • RUM GLAZE
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons milk or water
  • 1 teaspoon rum extract
  • TOPPING
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans

How To Make butternuts

  • Butter, powdered sugar, and salt mixed together.
    Step 1
    Cream butter with powdered sugar and salt until light and fluffy.
  • Flour mixed in.
    Step 2
    Blend in flour; mix well.
  • Butterscotch chips and chopped pecans added to the bowl.
    Step 3
    Add butterscotch chips and 1 cup finely chopped pecans.
  • Butterscotch chips and nuts mixed into the batter.
    Step 4
    Mix well by hand.
  • Dough shaped into balls.
    Step 5
    Shape dough, a scant teaspoonful at a time, into balls. Place 1-inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
  • Baked cookies cooling on a wire rack.
    Step 6
    Bake in 325 F oven for 15- 20 minutes or until firm but not brown. Let cool on wire racks.
  • Whisking rum glaze together.
    Step 7
    Make rum glaze. Mix the powdered sugar, rum extract, and milk until smooth.
  • Dipping Butternuts in the rum glaze.
    Step 8
    You can either dip the cookies in the glaze or use a spoon to pour over cookies.
  • Chopped nuts sprinkled on top.
    Step 9
    Sprinkle with chopped pecans and allow the glaze to set up.
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Nutrition Facts

(per serving*)
calories: 136kcal, carbohydrates: 17g, cholesterol: 12mg, fat: 7g, fiber: 1g, protein: 2g, saturated fat: 3g, sodium: 77mg, sugar: 12g, unsaturated fat: 4g
*Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Nutrition information is estimated.

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