Oatmeal Scotchies
These Oatmeal Scotchies are soft, chewy cookies with oats and butterscotch chips throughout. These cookies are delicious!
Ingredients
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt, (see note)
- 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats, (not quick oats)
- 1 (11 oz) bag Nestle butterscotch morsels
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugars together until light and fluffy.
- Mix in the eggs, one at a time until combined. Mix in the vanilla extract.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
- Slowly mix in the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, until combined.
- Add the oats and butterscotch chips mixing gently until just combined.
- Scoop dough into 1 ½ tablespoon size dough balls and place on the prepared baking sheet with 2 inches in between cookies.
- Bake for 9-12 minutes or until edges start to turn golden brown. Let cookies cool on the baking sheet. They will continue to bake as they cool. I like to press a few butterscotch chips on top right after they come out of the oven to make them look like bakery cookies. I also sprinkle with a little flaked salt to bring out the flavors.
Notes
KOSHER SALT VS REGULAR SALT
Kosher salt is coarser and has thick flakes that take up more space. Regular salt or table salt has a finer grain. If you measure a teaspoon of kosher salt and a teaspoon of regular salt, the teaspoon of regular salt will have a higher volume and your dish will taste saltier.STORAGE
Store cookies in an airtight container for a week.DO THESE FREEZE WELL?
Yes. There are two ways to freeze these.- You can scoop the cookie dough balls onto a cookie sheet and freeze them. Then, take the frozen balls off the sheet and throw them into a gallon freezer bag and freeze for up to three months. To bake from frozen, let the cookie dough balls sit on the cookie sheet while the oven preheats. Bake according to regular directions adding 2-3 minutes.
- You can freeze baked cookies after they have cooled. This method isn’t my favorite because the gooey center won’t happen with this version