Homemade Frosted Toffee Cookies Recipe
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This Iced Toffee Cookie Recipe is perfect when you want a tasty cookie! While these are great cookies any time of year, they are especially welcome during holiday parties ! Perfect with a cold glass of milk, coffee or tea!
These Toffee Cookies are the perfect holiday cookie. Delicious and soft cookies with a light icing. So good!
Why You Will Love These Cookies
- These are light and chewy and the icing is just enough to make these a wonderful cookie treat.
- This is one of the best cookie recipe ideas for the holidays. The toffee cookies look wonderful on a holiday table and are great for cookie exchanges too!
- These chewy cookies have toffee chips and is anice change from the usual Christmas cookies.
- Santa is known to love these cookies.
- These are so easy to make and are ready in minutes!
These cookies are quite easy to make and they are soft and chewy with rich toffee deliciousness.
Toffee Cookie Ingredients
- buter
- white sugar and brown sugar
- all purpose flour
- eggs
- candy toffee pieces – I use the english toffee bits – made from Heath bars found in the grocery store baking aisle.
- vanilla extract
Full list in recipe card.
Equipment and Kitchen Tools
- large mixing bowl or bowl of a stand mixer
- measuring cup and spoons
- Cookie sheet
- cooling rack
How To Make Iced Toffee Cookies
Step-by-step instructions
- Combine wet ingredients in a large bowl. Add dry ingredients and mix well
- Place parchment paper on the bottom of the pan.
- Using a spoon or cookie scoop, scoop 1 inch balls of cookie dough on a baking sheet. Allow 2 inches between cookie dough balls.
- Bake in preheated oven as directed. Cookies will flatten after cooking. Let cool completely before icing.
This recipe makes really great cookies any time of year. The icing makes them extra-special!
Next, try these Melted Snowman cookies or these Cinnamon Palmiers for more really easy cookie ideas.
Tips for making Toffee Cookies
- baking time may vary by oven, check cookies when approaching final cooking time.
- Bake until golden brown and cookies have slightly crisp edges.
- You can add mini chocolate chips to the batter.
- If desired, you can add a few more crunchy toffee bits to the cookies after frosting.
- Store in an airtight container.
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Recipe FAQs
How do I store these cookies?
Store in an airtight container.
Can I freeze the cookies?
Yes store cookies in a freezer bag or freezer-safe container.
More Easy Cookie Recipes
Try my Toffee chocolate chip cookies for another flavor twist.
- Crisp Christmas Sugar Cookies – Light and crispy cookies, perfect for cookie cutters.
- Best ever Chocolate Chip Cookies – Our absolute favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe!
- Best Oatmeal Raisin Cookies – Soft and chewy oatmeal cookies that are great year round.
- Really Easy Peanut Butter Cookies – These have a secret ingredient and are fabulous!
- Simple Toffee Cookies – Made with just a handful of ingredients and yummy.
The icing recipe below is perfect for cookies. Just two ingredients and takes a minute to make. Be sure to let cookies cool before drizzling or else it will just melt all over the cookie.
Easy Cookie Icing Recipe
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon milk
Mix together in a small bowl.
Use a spoon to drizzle over cookies.
We hope you enjoyed this easy cookie recipe. Don’t forget to pin it for later! What are you baking this week?
Iced Toffee Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter softened
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 ¼ cup flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 8 oz bag toffee bits
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl blend butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla until well blended.
- Add eggs and blend.
- In s separate bowl, mix together dry ingredients.
- Add dry ingredients to butter mixture gradually and blend well.
- Fold in toffee bits.
- Drop dough by rounded teaspoons onto parchment paper, about 2 inches apart, because they will spread.
- Bake 12-14 minutes until golden brown.
- Let cool
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GORGEOUS. Just gorgeous. I’m a big fan of iced cookies and toffee bits. I think it’s an A+!
Thank you Tamara!
Hosted a little cookie baking party and these were the highlight of the night! Delicious and easy to execute. Reminds of my favorite cookie when I was a kid, the Lindens butter crunch , but these were even better 🙂
So glad you liked them. Thank you so much for letting us know you loved them. ❤️