Those who know me know my love of oatmeal cookies and my deep hatred of ruining a good cookie with raisins! So imagine my delight when I was folded into the Dunn family for my first Christmas season and discovered Oatmeal Scotchies -- a simple oatmeal cookie with butterscotch chips in it. So simple and so perfect!
1 1/2 sticks softened butter
1 cup loosely packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 3/4 cup flour
2 cups of oatmeal
1 11 ounce bag of butterscotch chips
First, cream together the sugars and butter. Once that's done, add the baking powder and soda, salt and vanilla extract. Once that's incorporated, add the eggs, one at a time.
Then slowly mix in the flour and the oatmeal. And finally, fold in the butterscotch chips.
Refrigerate the dough for an hour or two so it becomes firm. Roll a heaping teaspoon into a ball and place it on a cookie sheet with room in between to spread out.
Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes. The bottom should be lightly brown, but the top and middle still a little soft. After taking them out of the oven, let them sit on the baking sheet for 1 to 2 minutes and then transfer to a wire cooling rack. When they're cool, they should be nice and crisp on the outside and still soft in the middle.
