Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies
Soft, chewy, and buttery, these Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies are packed with rolled oats, brown sugar, and butterscotch chips. They're outstanding for gifting and sharing.
Servings: 48 cookies
Ingredients
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, just softened
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- ⅔ cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 large eggs, room temp
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon table salt
- 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
- 11 oz butterscotch chips
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, add butter and both sugars. Beat with paddle attachment at medium-high, until butter mixture is fluffy and light, 3 minutes.
- Scape down sides of bowl. Add eggs and vanilla and beat to combine, 30 seconds.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, and salt.
- Gradually add flour mixture to the butter mixture, on medium-low speed just until dry ingredients are mixed in; don't over beat.
- Stir in the rolled oats and butterscotch chips by hand.
- Cover and chill dough in fridge about 30 minutes to an hour.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350F and line baking sheets with parchment.
- Form 1.5-inch dough balls and place balls 2 inches apart on cookies sheets. Slightly flatten them a bit.
- Bake 9-10 minutes. It will seem under baked, but firms up when cool.
- Let cool on baking sheet about 5 minutes. Transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- If using salted butter, reduce salt to 1/4 tsp.
- For butter/sugar mixture, you want to beat it for the full 3 minutes or continue beating until the texture resembles marshmallow fluff. Beat it until it's smooth, airy, light, and fluffy. No longer dense nor grainy.
- If cookies don't spread much after baking, you can gently flatten them with a rubber spatula while they're still hot.
- Dough can be transferred to an airtight container to chill for up to 3 days; let it soften at room temperature a bit if it's hard to scoop.
- Dough can be frozen airtight for up to 2 months.
- Feel free to mix up white chocolate chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips with butterscotch chips.
- These cookies are part of our delicious Cookie Recipes Collection.
Nutrition (per serving)
Calories: 108kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 77mg | Potassium: 31mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 107IU | Vitamin C: 0.002mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 0.4mg