I’m about to come clean and admit that I’ve never made a top 10 list of regular cookies (like chocolate chip, peanut butter, etc) for Christmas. Why not? Because honestly, I don’t need to. When December comes around, we practically live on cookies – and I’m not complaining. We literally eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner, while also snacking on them between meals. That’s how much I love cookies.

For years, I’ve been asked to put together a classic old school cookie list, but I’ve never bothered, because I really don’t need to. The whole spirit of Christmas is about regular cookies and Santa. And I could write a million posts about cookies and Santa. He loves cookies.

I’ll be honest with you though, there’s one cookie that’s my absolute favorite. Any Christmas cookie challenge, and I’ll always choose a cookie dough over any other cookie any day. I love soft, yummy cookie dough. Doesn’t matter if I’m eating cookie dough ice cream, or cookie dough pancakes. But especially if it’s a cookie dough cookie! Yes, my heart belongs to cookie dough.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 cup butterscotch chips
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• 1 cup butterscotch chips

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars together until smooth.

3. Beat in the eggs and vanilla.

4. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.

5. Stir in the chocolate chips, nuts and white chocolate chips.

6. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets.

7. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven.

8. Cool on wire racks.

9. Store in an airtight container.