Toffee Cookies are a traditional butter cookie that is easy to make but offers a superior flavor, crunch and chewy texture that creates the perfect bite.
These Toffee cookies are a delicious treat that are easy to make and offer a superior flavor, crunch, and chewy texture.
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More about these Toffee Cookies
This Toffee Cookie starts with an easy to make, store and bake icebox cookie dough. When you add the crunchy, buttery toffee bits, it elevates this cookie to something special. These cookies start with a base cookie dough that can be turned into several types of cookies including sugar refrigerator cookies, pistachio cookies and peppermint cookies.
Why This Toffee Cookies Recipe is a Keeper
Ever wonder about the origins of toffee, some believe the word was created as a derivative of taffy, this is the history. This cookie is a favorite because it has the perfect buttery taste and crunchy texture.
- Quick: This dough can be made in minutes and stored in the fridge or freezer whenever you want hot fresh cookies.
- Easy Ingredients: All found in pantry or fridge.
- Family Friendly: Who doesn’t love a crispy, buttery cookie with a cup of steaming hot chocolate?
- Makes Great Gifts: Great for cookie trays, gifts and family get togethers this toffee recipe
If you’re looking for more Christmas Cookie inspired recipes, try these Christmas Norwegian Cookies (Brune Pinner), M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies and Grinch Sugar. Cookies
Why are my cookies runny and flat?
The key to having a great cookie is chilling the cookie dough before baking. The cookies will retain their shape and texture while baking. You can chill the cookie dough for up to 48 hours in the fridge. This will allow the flavors to meld together and create a more complex taste.
Ingredient Notes for these Homemade Toffee Cookies
This is a basic chocolate chip cookie recipe with the addition of the toffee pieces. You can replace the light brown sugar with dark brown sugar for a more complex flavor.
- Eggs: Large eggs, room temperature.
- Sugar: Always pack the brown sugar and just scoop and even out granulated sugar.
- Real Butter: Use an unsalted butter not a salted butter. That way you can control the amount of salt in the cookie.
See the recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Variations and Substitutions for Butter Toffee Cookies
Nutty brown butter flavor can enhance the flavor of the cookie and also regular chocolate chips are a wonderful addition to the these cookies.
- Butterscotch Chips: Love butterscotch? Try adding a few tablespoons for even more in the form of melt in your mouth chips.
- Chocolate Chips: Stir in some chocolate chips for even more chocolate toffee flavor. Butter toffee chocolate chip cookies are a dream. Add the chocolate chips and toffee at the same time.
- Skor Bars: Coarsely chop the Heath bars and add them to the cookie dough along with the other ingredients
How to Make the Best Cookies
Make this recipe with so many variations everyone will love them. Cookies come out great every time. Make brown butter for a deeper flavor. Cookies are soft, make a larger cookie and drizzle chocolate. Toffee and chocolate are a wonderful combination.
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These are the basic steps for making this wonderful recipe with bits of toffee. Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions.
STEP 1: Make Cookie Dough
First, with the paddle attachment of a stand mixer (or beaters if using an electric mixer), in a large bowl cream unsalted butter at medium speed until the butter starts turning light and fluffy and then add in brown sugar and granulated sugar and continue to mix until well incorporated and next add in egg and vanilla and continue mixing until well blended.
Second, in a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt and then gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture mixing after each addition until all the flour is incorporated.
STEP 2: Chill the Dough
Lay out wax paper and dough roll into a long shape with a diameter of about 2 inches and then wrap the dough in the wax paper and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. When ready, preheat the oven to 350, line a baking sheet with parchment and slice the cookie dough into 1/4 to 1/2 inch slices. This makes the cookies perfectly round.
STEP 3: Bake on Prepared Baking Sheet and then let Cookies Cool
Then bake for 10-14 minutes or until they are beginning to turn a golden brown around the edge and appear dry in the center. Finally, allow to cool for 2-3 minutes on the baking sheet before removing and allow cookies to cool completely on a wire rack.
Recipe FAQs for this Great Recipe
Expert Tips for Making Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookie
Make great variations on these cookies by adding brown butter and chocolate chips, just to name a few variations.
- Add Nuts: Chopped walnuts or pecans are wonderful in these refrigerator cookies recipe.
- Chocolate: Drizzle on top, add milk chocolate chips or dip in chocolate that you melt to elevate these cookies to the next level.
- Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies: Brown Butter will enhance the flavor of this cookie to make a brown butter toffee cookies. Just melt the butter until it turn golden brown in a pan and allow to cool. The brown butter adds a nutty aroma and flavor to you cookies. Let the melted brown butter cool before adding to the cookie dough.
- Make them all: You can make a whole cookie tray with this one refrigerator cookie dough, make sugar, peppermint, pistachio and toffee cookies.
- Salt: Sprinkle with a little sea salt on top of the cookies. Toffee and sea salt work so well together.
What to Serve with this Toffee Cookie Recipe
Toffee Cookies
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Ingredients
- 2 Cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1 Cup Butter, softened
- ½ Cup White Sugar
- ½ Cup Brown Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1 Cup Heath Toffee Bits
Instructions
- With the paddle attachment of a stand mixer cream butter until light and fluffy.
- Add in brown sugar and white sugar and continue to mix until well incorporated.
- Add in egg and vanilla and continue mixing until well blended.
- In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
- Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture mixing after each addition until all the flour is incorporated.
- Add in toffee bits and mix gently on low.
- Lay out a piece of wax paper on a flat surface. Scoop the dough into the center of the wax paper. Use the wax paper to help roll the dough into a long shape with a diameter of about 2 inches.
- Wrap the dough in the wax paper and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- To bake-
- Preheat the oven to 350
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Slice the cookie dough into ¼- ½ inch slices.
- Place dough slices on prepared cookie sheet a couple of inches apart.
- Bake for 10-14 minutes or until they are a very lightly golden brown around the edge and appear dry in the center.
- Allow to cool for 2-3 minutes on the baking sheet before removing and allowing to cool completely on a wire rack.
Christina’s Notes
- Add Nuts: Chopped walnuts or pecans are wonderful in these refrigerator cookies.
- Chocolate: Drizzle on top, add chips or dip in chocolate that you melt to elevate these cookies to the next level.
- Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies: Brown Butter will enhance the flavor of this cookie to make a brown butter toffee cookies. Just brown in a pan and allow to cool.
- Make them all: You can make a whole cookie tray with this one refrigerator cookie dough, make sugar, peppermint, pistachio and toffee cookies.
- Salt: Sprinkle with a little sea salt on top of these cookies.
- Scale the recipe: Simply adjust the serving size in the recipe card and the ingredients will update automatically.
- Make your own All Purpose Seasoning: When a recipe calls for All Purpose Seasoning, you can use my homemade All Purpose Seasoning recipe or substitute salt and pepper to taste.
- Meat doneness: I always use a meat thermometer to test for doneness when cooking meat.
- Use unsalted butter: I use unsalted butter so I can control the salt level in the recipe.
- Preheat the oven: Unless otherwise noted, always preheat your oven before baking.
For more helpful information about this recipe, such as variations, substitutions and other pro-tips, check out the blog post.
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