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Butterscotch Pecan Spice Cookies

Teresa Ambra
Butterscotch Pecan Spice Cookies are the ultimate in easy holiday baking! This 5-ingredient recipe starts with a spice cake mix & adds pecans and butterscotch morsels. It's a marvelous recipe for holiday parties or a Christmas Cookie Exchange. It will certainly cure any sweet tooth craving you have. These cookies are so good it's hard to stop at just one.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Cookies, Brownies and Bars, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 30
Calories 153 kcal

Equipment

  • 2 18x26" cookie sheet pans
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • 1 spatula
  • 1 nut chopper if nuts are not previously chopped
  • measuring cups

Ingredients
  

  • 15.25 oz. box Betty Crocker Spice Cake Mix
  • 1/3 cup canola oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • 11 oz. pkg. Nestle's Toll House Butterscotch morsels
  • 1 cup pecans coarsely chopped

Instructions
 

  • Combine cake mix, oil and eggs.
  • Stir in butterscotch chips and pecans.
  • Spray cookie sheets with cooking spray.
  • Roll cookies into balls and place on prepared baking sheets.
  • Bake at 350° for 13-15 minutes or until done.
  • Rotate cookie sheets on oven racks every seven minutes of baking time.
  • Cool completely.

Notes

NOTE: Because I was baking three racks of cookies at once, my cookies took 18 minutes to make. I also rotated the trays every six to seven minutes.
 
NOTE: Rotate cookie sheets every six to seven minutes while baking.
 
NOTE: I found it easier to keep my hands moist while rolling cookie dough into balls.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 153kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 1gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 13mgSodium: 140mgPotassium: 68mgFiber: 1gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 31IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 18mgIron: 1mg
Keyword butterscotch, cinnamon, cookie, dessert, pecans
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