Name: Butterscotch Lace Cookies Recipe
Prep time: 24 h 30 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 24 h 35 min
Yield: 72
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2¼ cups rolled oats; 1 cup butter; 1½ cups brown sugar; ½ tsp salt; 1 tbsp molasses; 3 tbsp all purpose flour; 1 egg; 1 tsp vanilla extract

Butterscotch Lace Cookies Recipe

Enrichetta Robson Modified: February 18, 2024

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How To Make Butterscotch Lace Cookies

Crisp, delicate, and simply delicious, these butterscotch lace cookies make buttery treats with oats and molasses, and is baked in just 5 minutes.

Preparation: 1 day 30 minutes

Cooking: 5 minutes

Total: 1 day 35 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

2¼cupsrolled oats
1cupbutter,melted
1½cupsbrown sugar,packed
½tspsalt
1tbspmolasses
3tbspall purpose flour
1egg,lightly beaten
1tspvanilla extract

Instructions

Place the rolled oats and brown sugar in a bowl. Pour the melted butter over the oats and stir to combine.
Let mixture stand at room temperature overnight so the oats absorb the butter.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a baking sheet very well, or line it with greased parchment paper.
Mix the salt, molasses, flour, egg, and vanilla into oat mixture.
Drop level teaspoonfuls of dough 2-inches apart on prepared baking sheet. Bake only 12 cookies per pan.
Bake in the oven for 5 to 7 minutes until edges are brown. Allow to remain on sheet a few minutes, until firm, then immediately remove with spatula to cooling rack.
Serve and enjoy.

Nutrition

Calories: 46.41kcal
Fat: 2.79g
Saturated Fat: 1.67g
Trans Fat: 0.10g
Monounsaturated Fat: 0.73g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.17g
Carbohydrates: 5.15g
Fiber: 0.24g
Sugar: 3.20g
Protein: 0.48g
Cholesterol: 9.00mg
Sodium: 18.38mg
Calcium: 5.44mg
Potassium: 19.27mg
Iron: 0.18mg
Vitamin A: 22.52µg

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