Back in the 70’s, my little friends and I regularly searched under our couch cushions to scrape up spare change. Dad was notorious for napping on the couch with pockets full of change, so we usually scored pretty well. We often took that change to the drugstore to get cheap ice cream cones… they seriously had the best ice cream. Rite-Aid has now taken over that chain, and they actually still carry some of those same great flavors… like Chocolate Malted Crunch, Pecan Praline and Butter Brickle. In memory of childhood flavors, I made these Butter Brickle Pecan Cookies.
How to make Butter Brickle and Pecan Cookies:
6 ingredients quickly mixed make the dough for these easy-to-make cookies: butter, vanilla, flour, powdered sugar, toffee bits and pecans. You’ll roll them into little balls, put them on the cookie sheet, flatten slightly and you’re good to go in the oven.
About Toffee Bits:
Look for these in your market’s baking aisle (near the chocolate chips). If your market doesn’t have them, check Target or Walmart… they should have them. Look for the Heath English Toffee bits (not the Heath candy bar chunks with chocolate in them).
They don’t tend to spread a lot while baking– just enough to flatten the bottom of the cookie. The baked cookies turn out as crispy, flaky cookies reminiscent of the much adored butter pecan ice cream flavor. They’d make a nice addition to a cookie platter, and they’re good for coffee dunking too.
Here are a few more cookie recipes you might enjoy:
Chocolate Toffee Cookies Sparkling Butter Toffee Cookies Chocolate Chip Toffee Strip Cookies Cinnamon Coffee Cookies Chocolate Drizzled Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies Chewy Brown Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookies Chocolate Toffee S’More Cookies
