Buttered Popcorn Toffee Cookies
Popcorn in cookies? Trust me, once you try these Buttered Popcorn Cookies, you'll want to start putting popcorn in all your cookies! They're perfectly buttery and chewy and in addition to the popcorn, there are also toffee bits mixed in!
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Makes: 20 cookies
Ingredients
Popcorn (see notes if purchasing)
- 1 Tbsp canola oil
- 2 Tbsp popcorn kernels
- 1 Tbsp melted unsalted butter
- ¼ tsp salt
Cookies
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup toffee pieces
Instructions
Popcorn
- Put 1 Tbsp canola oil in the bottom of a saucepan over medium heat and add in popcorn kernels.
- Cover the saucepan and when you hear the first kernel pop, remove it from the heat. Let it sit for a minute. And then put the saucepan back on the heat and shake the pan around until all of the popcorn is popped.
- Put 3 cups of the popcorn in a bowl (you'll have just a little bit left over), drizzle on melted butter and sprinkle on salt. Let popcorn cool.
Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In a stand mixer or in a bowl with hand mixer, cream together butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 3-4 minutes.
- Mix in egg and vanilla until just combined.
- With the mixer on low, blend in flour mixture until just combined, taking care not to over-mix.
- Fold in 3 cup popped popcorn and toffee pieces.
- Scoop about 3 Tbsp cookie dough (I use a #20 cookie scoop) onto prepared cookie sheets, about an inch apart.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, until cookies are just turning golden around edges. Let cool in pan for a couple minutes before moving to wire racks to cool completely.
Notes
- If purchasing popcorn instead of using freshly popped, you'll need 3 cups. If popcorn is plain, drizzle butter and salt on it.
- You can leave out the toffee pieces if you want, but they add even more of a delicious buttery flavor!
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