From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbutterscotchbut‧ter‧scotch /ˈbʌtəskɒtʃ $ -ərskɑːtʃ/ noun [uncountable] DFFa type of sweet or sauce made from butter and sugar boiled together, or the taste this has butterscotch pudding
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butterscotch• The filo pastry shells are served cold and contain rich mousses - lemon cream, butterscotch and toffee.• Chocolate and chocolate sauces, toffees, fudge, butterscotch, carob chocolate.• The cake is made with cinnamon and pureed pears and served in a pool of butterscotch caramel fudge sauce.• Put the butterscotch topping ingredients into a small pan.Origin butterscotch (1800-1900) Probably from butter + Scotch; perhaps because it was first made in Scotland 