My daughter loves Harry Potter. She loves everything about it. Every time we go to the grocery store, we pick up a bottle of a ‘butter beer’ look alike and she pours it into the cup we bought at Harry Potter land in California.

It seemed only necessary that I turn her favorite soda into a cookie. It’s the perfect Halloween/fall cookie flavor since butterscotch naturally lends itself to fall. Adding the pudding adds a dash of flavor but more importantly, it keeps the cookies really soft.

Butter Beer Cookies

1 cup butter, room temeprature

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 1/2 cups flour

3.4 oz butterscotch pudding mix

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

12 oz butterscotch chips

STEP 1

In a bowl of a stand mixer, combine the butter and sugar and beat until combined.

STEP 2

Add the eggs and vanilla. Beat well until the mixture gets lighter in color and is fluffy.

STEP 3

In a small bowl, combine flour, pudding mix, baking soda, and baking powder. Add it to the stand mixer and blend until mostly combined.

STEP 4

Pour in the chips and turn the mixer back on. Let it run until the dough looks like a cookie dough.

STEP 5

Scoop onto a baking sheet and bake 10 minutes. Let cool on the sheet for a few minutes then transfer to a wire rack to continue to cool.