Butterscotch Bites

"i chose this recipie because i wanted to use up a package of butterscotch chips. i didnt have corn syrup so betty crocker said to use sugar and water (1 cup sugar + 1/4 cup water = 1 cup corn syrup substitution) so i did that.... the melted mixture was warm and sticky when i added the egg and vanilla. at the end with all the dry ingredients i had a pretty dry dough. i let my 2 kids help then. (ages 4 and 2) we used a large ice cream scoop and made about 8-10 balls. we then used a butter knife (woo can i cut?!) to cut each ball into 4 pieces. we rolled those up (and i was questioning this because the recipie said to 'drop' the dough) and mushed some pecans into the tops of all of them. since it was so dry i was able to bake all the cookies in two batches--about 3 dozen cookies. i have an old oven (we're talking 1950s) and i live at high altitude-- and i couldnt pull the cookies out at 8-10 minutes--they went about 15. all said and done im happy with them. the kids think they are gross... but im going to drizzle some melted almond bark over some of them and see if that changes anything...."