Oatmeal butterscotch cookies have been my husband’s favorite for as long as we’ve been together, so over the years I’ve tweaked and refined this recipe until he finally declared this particular version the very best ever. I’m not sure why it never occurred to me to share this recipe until now, but here you go! Trust me, you will thank me later!
As a side note, I love being able to slip a little homemade goody into my kids’ lunch box, but I don’t always have time to bake every week. Luckily these oh-so-yummy oatmeal butterscotch cookies freeze beautifully and taste just as good straight out of the freezer as they do straight out of the oven. This generous recipe makes about 4 dozen cookies, which means–if you can keep from eating them all yourself–you’ll have enough to last at least a few weeks.
Best-Ever Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies
Here is what you need:
2 sticks butter, softened 1 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional) 3 1/4 cups old fashioned oats 1 bag of butterscotch chips
Directions:
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees; In a large bowl, beat butter and sugars until creamy.
Step 2: Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
Step 3: Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well.
(My little kitchen helper!)
Step 4: Add oats and chips; mix well.
Step 5: Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto an un-greased cookie sheet.
Step 6: Bake 8-10 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets;remove to wire rack. Cool completely, then freeze, if desired.
BEST EVER OATMEAL BUTTERSCOTCH COOKIES
Ingredients
- 2 sticks butter softened
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt optional
- 3 1/4 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 bag butterscotch chips
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees; In a large bowl, beat butter and sugars until creamy.
- Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
- Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well.
- Add oats and chips; mix well.
- Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 8-10 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets;remove to wire rack. Cool completely.
Recipe Notes
Preparation time: 5-7 minutes. Cooking time: 8-10 minute(s). Number of servings (yield): 48.
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Was super excited to make these. Finished them up tonight and I’m so disappointed. They taste great however, they’re still kind of raw, but the bottoms are too dark for my liking. There is no way I’m serving anyone cookies that aren’t up to par, and I’, so sad about the fact that these just didn’t work. Too much oats and the dough around the oats (and in the middle) is still too undercooked
These didn’t work for me at all. They spread into one giant cookie and stuck to the cookie sheet.
So I bought quick oats by mistake, am I able to use those instead of the old fashioned ones?
The quick oats might just change the consistency of the cookies but should not change the taste too much.
Did you use real butter? Using a butter substitute, or having too soft butter can both make this happen.
My cookies spread out to much and were very thin hard to get off the parchment paper with out falling apart, although I follow the rescipe
Did you use real butter? Using a butter substitute, or having too soft butter can both make this happen.
Way way too much sugar.
You can always cut the brown sugar to 1/4 cup as well.
Phyllis if you don’t like sugar why are you looking at cookie recipes!
These are so tasty, well the dough is so far, LOL. I have a tray in the oven but husband and I have sampled the dough 😉