Walnut butterscotch cookies

Walnut butterscotch cookies are crispy, crunchy cookies with a  nutty flavor. Kids just love these cookies .....  

Ingredients

Whole wheat flour      160 gm

baking powder             1/2 tsp

butter                              60 gm

castor sugar                 70 gm

egg                                   1

Vanilla essence              1 tsp

walnuts (powdered)     4 tbsp

almond powder             2 tbsp

butterscotch chips        1/4 cup   

 You can use nuts in powdered form or blend them together to reduce  to small pieces to get the extra crunch.

Method

• Preheat the oven to 180° C.
• Beat butter , sugar and egg together  until fluffy .
• Add essence .
• Add flour and baking powder and mix .
• Add walnut powder, almond powder and chips .
• Divide the dough into 20 equal parts .
• Shape the dough into a ball and flatten to get 1 cm thickness.
• Place the cookies on a baking tray covered with parchment paper.
• Bake them in preheated oven for 15 minutes.
• Allow them to cool down completely and store in air tight container.  Believe me they will soon be finished....

  You can add chocolate chips too.