Cookies Recipes - Butterscotch Snaps Recipe

Ingredients              

• 1 cup/240 ml packed light brown Sugar

• 2 cup/480 ml flour

• 1 tsp/5 ml baking powder

• 1/2 tsp/2 ml baking soda

• 1/2 tsp/2 ml salt

• 1 tsp/5 ml cinnamon

• 1 1/4 cups/300 ml butterscotch baking chips

• 2 eggs

• 2/3 cup salad oil

• 1 teaspoon vanilla

(Makes about  3 1/2 to 4 dozen)

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Method:

1. Instructions for jar: Add brown sugar in a 1 liter jar and pack down evenly.

2. In medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt. Spoon half of flour into jar over brown sugar and even out.

3. Add cinnamon to remaining half of flour mixture and stir to mix. Spoon cinnamon flour mixture over flour mixture in jar and press down firmly. (You don't have to divide the flour, but adding cinnamon to one half gives the ingredients a nice layered look in the jar.)

4. Sprinkle butterscotch chips over flour, pressing down to fit all of them in the jar. Place lid on jar and close.

5. For baking: Preheat oven to 400 (202C). Empty contents or jar into large bowl. Add eggs. oil and vanilla.

6. Beat on low speed or by hand until dough is thoroughly mixed. Roll heaping teaspoonfuls or dough into balls and place 3 inches (8 cm) apart on un-greased cookie sheet.

7. Bake for 7 minutes. Remove from oven and let cookies cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute. then transfer ,to cooling rack.