Salted Butterscotch Pudding Pretzel Cookies

  • Prep Time 25 min
  • Total 1 hr 30 min
  • Servings 50
  • Ingredients 13

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 box (4-serving size) butterscotch instant pudding and pie filling mix
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups mini pretzel twists, coarsely crushed
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup milk chocolate toffee bits
  • 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon salt; set aside.
  • Step 
    2
    In large bowl, beat softened butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar with electric mixer on medium speed about 1 minute or until fluffy; scrape side of bowl. Beat in dry pudding mix. Beat in eggs, one at a time, just until smooth. Stir in vanilla. On low speed, beat flour mixture into sugar mixture until well blended. Stir in crushed pretzels, chocolate chips and toffee bits until blended.
  • Step 
    3
    Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle each cookie lightly with coarse salt.
  • Step 
    4
    Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until light brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes. Store covered in airtight container at room temperature.

  • For success in this recipe, pudding mix is not prepared but added dry to the butter-sugar mixture.
  • For even baking, make sure cookies are the same shape and size.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
130
Calories from Fat
50
Total Fat
6g
9%
Saturated Fat
3 1/2g
17%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
15mg
6%
Sodium
180mg
7%
Potassium
35mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
18g
6%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
10g
Protein
1g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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