Speculoos Cookie Butter and Cocoa Cookies
 
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • ¼ cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ¾ cup Speculoos Cookie Butter & Cocoa (found near the Peanut Butter section at Trader Joe’s)
  • 1 egg
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1½ teaspoons cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1½ cup flour
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • Handful of butterscotch / milk chocolate chips (optional) — to place on top of cookie dough prior to baking
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 350. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. Using a mixer, beat butter, brown sugar, sugar, and vanilla until creamy. Add Speculoos Cookie Butter and Cocoa and mix until smooth. Add egg and mix well.
  3. Add cornstarch, baking soda, and salt. Mix. Gradually add in flour and mix just until combined. Add 2 tablespoons milk and mix.
  4. Using a cookie scoop, scoop out tablespoonful balls onto prepared baking sheets – leaving about 2 inches in between cookies.
  5. Press a few chocolate chips and / or butterscotch chips to top of each dough ball. Bake 12-14 minutes.
  6. Cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
Recipe by Sweet Dash of Sass at http://sweetdashofsass.com/2014/12/speculoos-cookie-butter-and-cocoa-cookies/