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Oatmeal Scotchies
These Oatmeal Scotchies are thick, soft, and chewy, and loaded with oats and butterscotch pieces! Be sure to check out the video below the recipe!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Additional Time
1 hr
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 240 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter melted and cooled until no longer warm to the touch
- ¾ cup light brown sugar firmly packed
- ¾ cup dark brown sugar¹ firmly packed
- 2 large eggs room temperature preferred
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ cup + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon optional
- 3 cups old fashioned rolled oats²
- 1 ½ cups butterscotch chips plus additional for topping if desired
Instructions
- Combine butter and sugars in a large bowl and stir until well-combined.
- Add eggs and vanilla extract, stir well.
- In a separate, medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon (if using).
- Gradually stir dry ingredients into wet until completely incorporated.
- Add oats, stir until combined. Finally, stir in 1 ½ cups butterscotch chips.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and transfer to refrigerator to chill for at least one hour,
- Once dough has chilled, preheat oven to 350F (175C).
- Drop cookie dough by 2 Tablespoon-sized scoops onto parchment paper lined baking sheets³, spacing cookies at least 2” apart.
- Bake cookies in 350F (175C) preheated oven for 12-13 minutes or until edges are beginning to look golden brown. Centers may look slightly underdone when cookies are finished baking, they will cook completely as they cool on the baking sheet (don’t over-bake or the cookies will be dry).
- If desired, press additional butterscotch chips into the surface of the cookies within 2 minutes of them coming out of the oven.
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Notes
- ¹You can use all light brown sugar if you don’t have dark brown.
- ²Do not substitute instant or quick oats or your cookies will be dry and crumbly.
- ³I like to roll the dough between my palms before dropping on the cookie sheet to form a round ball of dough. This isn’t necessary but will make your cookies look rounder/prettier when they’ve finished baking.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1cookie
Calories
240kcal
(12%)
Carbohydrates
37g
(12%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
9g
(14%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Cholesterol
35mg
(12%)
Sodium
171mg
(7%)
Potassium
72mg
(2%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
22g
(44%)
Vitamin A
267IU
(5%)
Calcium
23mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 24cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 240
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cookie | |
| Calories | 240kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 37g | 12% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 35mg | 12% |
| Sodium | 171mg | 7% |
| Potassium | 72mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 22g | 44% |
| Vitamin A | 267IU | 5% |
| Calcium | 23mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.