Every six months or so, Paul and I get an itch for a challenge. Sometimes it’s fitness oriented, and sometimes it could be as mundane as cleaning out the closets (zzzzz.) We’ve sort of reached that sixth month mark again.
He proposed this:
And I agreed…clearly not in my right mind.
He joked that he’ll last the full 21 days, no problem, but I’ll only last 21 minutes. He knows me too well. I do believe, for me, this will be harder than climbing Mount Everest. But I’m not going down without a fight.
So, this past holiday weekend was like a last hurrah before my prison sentence. We ate. And ate. And ATE. I shoveled dill pickle dip, chips, Cool Whip, Pepsi, and all the white rolls I could manage into my face.
And I made these cookies. I lost count on how many I consumed. I figured it was a proper send off into the depths of Hell.
They are hands down my new favorite cookie. I seriously cannot wait until Day 22 when I make them again.
White Chocolate and Butterscotch Chip Pretzel Cookies
Makes 24 cookies
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
• 1 stick softened butter
• 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup butterscotch chips
• 1/2 cup broken up pretzel pieces
• sea salt
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, cream butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar together with a mixer until well combined. Beat in the egg and vanilla.
In medium bowl mix the flour, salt, and baking soda. Add to wet ingredients until thoroughly combined. Gently mix in the white chocolate, butterscotch chips, and pretzels.
With a tablespoon sized cookie scoop, form balls with the dough. Place onto parchment or silpat lined baking sheets 2 inches apart. Press down on the dough rounds slightly and sprinkle with sea salt. Bake cookies for approximately 15-18 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool for 3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
Note: if you find the dough too sticky to work with, place it in the refrigerator for an hour.
(adapted from Sugar Cooking)
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I seriously can’t wait to post about my experience last week. Every day, my friend Beth calls me and asks if I’ve written it yet because she can’t stop laughing hysterically about it. Let’s just say that it’s tentatively called “How the Baconator saved me from my juice cleanse”. In other words, I can tooootally relate! Good luck, I know you can do it!!
Haha! Good for you. I would have done the same. ESPECIALLY, if I had a batch of these cookies on my counter. Thank you for sharing with me! I’m glad I stumbled on your blog tonight. I hope you have a great end to your week!
NOW I understand why you said you can’t snack anymore! The world makes sense all of a sudden. I still maintain that fruit and almonds are the way to go snackwise. They’re my go-tos. Having a bag of cherries on your table helps. A ton.
Maybe I’ll just eat more than my fair share of these during your 21 days to make up for your LACK of eating? Really…I would do that for you.
I’m not always a fan of pretzels in my sweets…but these actually sound quite delish. I love the sweet/salty combo and the two different chips.
On another note, you are CRAZY girl. If you last 21 days, I will forever look up to you as the junk food god. I could never do it. Too many things on that list that keep the moody girl away. :) GOOD LUCK!
See, I’m the other way. I’m not a huge fan of pretzels UNLESS they’re in something sweet. Like these cookies. Or my candy corn bark. Or with caramel turtles…
If I was talking to someone I didn’t know so well, this might come off boastful or snotty but I know you know I don’t mean it that way: I am genuinely surprised by how difficult you find this challenge. Perhaps I assume we are alike so much of the time that the fact that I would find it easy (easy easy… I just don’t eat any of this stuff, like, hardly ever, not even chips) means you should, too. See? I sound jerky, but you know I don’t mean it that way. ;) In any case, as I said on FB, I have no doubt you will make it to 21 days easy – just look at it as a temporary thing, a break for your body to reset itself. No problem!
Ha! If Amy makes it the entire 21 days, I will be literally stunned.
She bakes quite probably 5 days a week, consumes sugary yummy goodness like it’s the last day she will ever eat it, and watching her yesterday eat everything she listed above in mass quantities as if it was her last day on Earth was, well, disgustingly impressive.
Amy, I wish you luck! Oh, and I got to take some cookies home; they are amazingly yummy!
Ya. It was pretty obscene. And there’s a touch of dill pickle dip left today, but what’s the point if I can’t dunk a pretzel in it? Day #1 is hard…
As I said earlier this morning, I didn’t misunderstand. I know where your words are coming from. And I’m surprised to find out you weren’t aware of my over-excessive snacking! Trust me, this is harder for me than Insanity ever was. Crazy, I know. I better see some sort of reward at the end of these 3 weeks. Like a unicorn.
These sound right up my alley!
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