Easy Butterscotch Pecan Cookies Recipe (2024)

Posted on Last updated: March 22, 2024

Butterscotch pecan cookies? Oh yes! Such a satisfying combination of flavors to satisfy anyone’s sweet tooth!

These butterscotch pecan cookies are a delicious addition to any dessert or snack table. They’re perfect for the holidays or any time you want a delicious sweet treat.

You’ll love the fact that they are so easy to make. Add that to the fact that you can stock up on the ingredients when they go on sale and keep them in the pantry for those unexpected snack attacks and sweets cravings.

Whether you like your butterscotch cookies chewy, crispy, or somewhere in between, you can follow this recipe. All you have to do to change the chewiness is adjust the cooking time. It’s that easy.

Butterscotch Cookies Recipe from a Cake Mix

Although you start with a cake mix, these cookies better than any cookie you can buy at the store. In fact, I’ve had requests for more recipes that are just like them.

Ingredients

These delicious cookies only have a few ingredients. Here is what you’ll need:

• 1 box of yellow cake mix (regular or gluten-free, standard 2-layer cake size)
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup cooking oil
• 1 tablespoon water
• 2/3 cup butterscotch chips
• 2/3 cup chopped pecans

If you want to print this information, go to the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.

How to Make Cookies with Butterscotch Chips and Pecans

Mix the eggs, oil, and water in a medium-size mixing bowl. Next, stir in the cake mix. Finally, add the butterscotch chips and pecan pieces. If you want these cookies less sweet, you can cut the amount of butterscotch chips. You can also increase the pecans for a nuttier flavor if you like.

Using a tablespoon, scoop the mix onto a cookie sheet. I tightly packed little balls of it because sometimes the gluten-free cake mix will crumble. Packing them prevents that from happening.

Bake for 12 minutes. After they’re done, let them cool. Now they’re ready to eat!

If you want them crispier, bake them for a minute or two longer. Or you can take them out of the oven a minute earlier if you like your butterscotch cookies chewy.

Regular or Gluten-Free Butterscotch Pecan Cookies

I like the fact that these cookies can be made with either regular or gluten-free cake mix. The only thing I have to do differently with the gluten-free option is to pack them into tighter balls before I place them on the baking sheet. Otherwise, they’ll fall apart. Apparently, the gluten binds them.

However, if I’m careful when I form them into balls and then wait until they cool before lifting them from the pan, they’re good. But that’s fine. It takes me about an extra three seconds per cookie.

Share with Others

These cookies are excellent food gifts. Just put them in a decorative container or a plastic bag with a colorful ribbon to make them look even more special.

Of course, it won’t hurt to bring some to your coworkers to munch on while you work on your current project. And then there’s the holiday cookie exchange.

There are so many folks who would love these cookies. You might as well print the recipe and keep it on the kitchen counter so you don’t have to keep looking for it.

Variations

If you want to change things up a bit, you can add chocolate chips or peanut butter chips instead of butterscotch. Or you can use a combination of flavors. These are your cookies, so make them the way you want. No matter what you do, you can’t go wrong.

More Recipes You’ll Love

If you’re looking for something sweet, check out these peanut butter Cocoa Krispie treats. Not only do I enjoy them but everyone I’ve given them to wants the recipe.

Another popular dessert recipe is this delicious, easy chocolate walnut pie. It has the perfect blend of creaminess and crunch to send your senses into orbit.

If you like this recipe, check out these 10 pecan recipes. I have some of my own listed as well as a few from other bloggers.

For a different kind of dessert, try these chocolate cream cheese chaffles. They’re light and delicious with a hint of sweetness!

You’ll also like my friend Julie’s food blog Back to My Southern Roots. She has quite a few recipes that are perfect additions to any dessert table.

See this recipe shared at Weekend Potluck.