Shelly's Recipe

BUTTERFINGER COOKIES WITH BUTTERSCOTCH MORSELS

Category: Cookies

1/3 cup shortening 3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 Butterfinger candy bars
1/2 cup butterscotch morsels

Preheat oven to 350. Beat shortening and sugar together until creamy. Beat in egg and vanilla.

Thoroughly stir together flour, soda and salt, then stir flour mixture into shortening mixture until incorporated.

Chop butterfingers with a large knife. You should have both chunks and shards. Don’t attempt to just crush the Butterfinger, or you might have too many shards and not enough chunks. Add butterfinger shard/chunk mixture and butterscotch chips to dough and stir until evenly distributed.

Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets. Bake one sheet at a time, for 12 minutes. Let the cookies sit on the cookie sheet for about 3 minutes, then transfer them to a rack to finish cooling. The Butterfinger has kind of an icky texture right out of the oven, so let the cookies cool completely before serving.