Lemons are a hot commodity in our house. I buy them by the bagful at the beginning of each week and I’m lucky if they last long enough to squeeze a wedge on my Friday night fish dinner. Alex, my middle child, especially loves the tart juicy fruit. He’ll happily grab up a hunk of lemon and eat it like an orange, leaving only the rind in his path. My husband enjoys them as well with the rather large exception of dessert. Lemon bars – won’t touch ’em. Lemon meringue pie – forget about it. Lemon sorbet – you’d think he might make an exception, but you’d be sadly mistaken. Personally, I think he’s nuts but the result is usually more dessert for me (and the kids of course, if and when I decide to share).
With this week’s stash of lemons, I determined that I would attempt to create some form of lemon cookie. Alex was beyond excited with the idea of a lemony baking endeavor. After all, he knew he would have a few squeezed lemon hunks he could compost for me after the fact. My husband, bless his heart, didn’t share my five year old’s excitement, but I promised him some form of chocolate decadence would enter the next dessert creation, so he relented. In the end, the beloved lemonade scotchie was born.
A perfect combination of tart lemon and sweet butterscotch, these cookies are a match made in heaven. If you’re feeling the need to satisfy your lemon craving, the first step you’ll want to take is to cream up a little butter and sugar. To that mixture you’ll add in a little almond and vanilla extract and an egg.
Time for some tart and tasty lemon. The first time I made these cookies I used half a lemon and the second time I used a whole. It was good both ways, but the lemon flavor was much more subtle when using just a half. I prefer to really taste the lemon, but if you have a lemon dessert curmudgeon in the house as I do, you can certainly cut back on the juice for their benefit.
Mix together a few dry ingredients and add them into your cookie batter.
Snatch up your bag of butterscotch chips, steal a couple into your mouth, and pour the rest into the bowl for the cookies.
Dollop out tablespoon sized portions of the dough and slide them up in the oven until they are cooked and gorgeous.
Even my husband took a bite of these lemony beauties. He didn’t take a second bite mind you, but that’s ok. More for me… if I can keep them away from Alex and his brothers that is.
Lemonade Scotchies
Total Time: 30 min
Ingredients:
1 Stick Butter
1 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Egg
1 tsp Almond Extract
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 Lemon, Zested and Juiced
2 Cups All Purpose Flour
1/2 Cup Almond Flour (Can sub all purpose)
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Baking Soda
1/8 tsp Salt
1 12 Oz. Bag Butterscotch Chips
Directions:
Cream together the butter and the brown sugar.
Beat in the egg, the two extracts, and the lemon zest and juice.
In a separate bowl, mix together the all purpose flour, almond flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until incorporated.
Stir in the butterscotch chips.
Scoop out tablespoon sized balls of dough and place them on a greased or parchment lined baking sheet.
Place into an oven preheated to 350 degrees for 9-11 min.
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These look so delicious that I have emailed my mom asking her to post some butterscotch chips to me from the US. I love everything lemony but cannot imagine eating lemons like your son!
This is something I can never turn down. Love this reicpe Julie, The cookies look really moist and to die for.
I hope you have a great weekend.
Well I certainly have a lemon craving after reading about these little beauties!
These look awesome! I love anything lemon, and just made a savoury dish that involved cutting up lemons so am currently sniffing the citrusy loveliness on my hands, even if that sounds weird its true 🙂 Basically these cookies look scrumptious and wholeheartedly up my street! Gorgeous
Today’s modern science is not good for me. Why o why can’t we be able to taste what is on the screen!!! Julie, I love lemons and this recipe too! I can imagine the mixture of butterscotch and sweet sour lemony cookie dough.
Fabulous weekend recipe 🙂
Hugs
Wow those look delicious. I love all things lemony too. It makes no sense to me that your hubby likes lemons but hates lemon desserts. Go figure. I admire the fact that you use a bag of lemons a week. Wow. I’d bake more myself but… Im too lazy to do the clean up. 😉
Two of my favorite things. Lemons are a hot commodity at my house too. Thank you for sharing this delicious treat. I’m enjoying your pictures and your words with a cup of coffee in my hands and rolls rising on the counter. Hugs and love from Austin!
I can’t imagine this combination, but I love both flavors so it’s gong to be a recipe i’ll give a try! anne
So scrumptious with lemony flavor and butterscotch chips!
Wow – I can’t believe your son eats the lemons like oranges, he has quite the capacity for handling tart fruits! I bet he loved these, brilliant to add in the butterscotch chips! 🙂
Wow…Alex eats lemons like oranges? I am so impressed! I can buy a bag of 4 lemons and still have them in fridge weeks later – which I do.
Great flavor combination…I love unexpected ingredients like these. They look delicious!
The texture of those looks amazing! Nice work. 🙂
I got goose skin after reading that your son eats lemons like oranges.
i’m pretty sure these cookies will be his favorite for a while now, if you decide to share 🙂
Love anything lemony and you just brought these up an few notches; thank you.
Rita
I love lemon! the cookies look so good!
what an interesting combination! i absolutely adore scotchies, and now i’m eager to try them with a little lemon in the mix!
WOW! Now that is a beautiful stack of cookies!
This is such an interesting flavor combination. I love any kind of lemon dessert…except for lemon meringue pie…unless I take off the meringue. LOL! I will definitely have to give these a try…
Oh my goodness…lemon and butterscotch! We are crazy for lemon anything here – from on our broccoli to our cookies!
Lemon and butterscotch sounds like a wonderful combination! Can’t wait to try these :).
My Mom did send the butterscotch chips to me from the US and I baked these this morning- the smell is divine. If Yankee candles could sell the scent these cookies make when baking they would have a bestseller. They taste good too!
I love butterscotch and lemon! These sound perfect!