Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies
My husband loved these delicious Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies. He loves a good Oatmeal Cookie anyway, but add coconut, pecans and Butterscotch Chips and he thought they were incredibly good. And they were! I stocked our freezer with them in small bundles of two or three cookies and John pulled them out every so often and had a nibble. Yum.
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As it happened, I made Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies and Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies just a day apart back in January. I was trying to get rid of several bags of excess coconut left over from Christmas cookie baking. So I whipped up Coconut Meltaways, Coconut Chocolate Chip Meltaways and these two cookies to get rid of some of the coconut! Our neighbors sure enjoyed all those cookies!
These cookies have a lot of body with oatmeal, coconut, pecans and Butterscotch Chips. I usually scoop the dough with a large, one-quarter cup scoop and pack the dough into the scoop about 7/8 full. I pack the dough so it easily releases from the scoop and doesn’t crumble when you press it onto the cookie sheet pan. It bakes up into a really large and satisfying cookie with great texture and taste.
If you enjoy a good Oatmeal Cookie, give these Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies a try today!
Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies are fantastic!
These chewy cookies are big on butterscotch taste!
Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies are loaded with oatmeal, Butterscotch Chips, pecans and coconut.
I use a large cookie scoop to size the dough so these cookies turn out quite large.
Here’s what I did.
I used these ingredients.
Soften butter. Add to a large mixing bowl with granulated sugar, packed brown sugar, eggs, baking powder, baking soda, salt and vanilla extract.
Mix ingredients with an electric mixer until smooth.
Add unbleached all-purpose flour. (Bleached flour toughens baked goods). Add oatmeal, coconut, chopped pecans and Butterscotch chips.
Stir really well to combine.
Scoop out and pack dough into a large cookie scoop about 7/8 full.
Grease cookie sheet pans. Place cookie dough on pans.
Bake cookies at 350 degrees for about 17-22 minutes or until done. Rotate cookie sheets on oven racks after 9 minutes of baking time. (My cookies took 18-19 minutes to bake).
Eat away!
Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies are excellent to serve at tailgating parties, potlucks, backyard barbecues or Family Reunions.
Sit down with a stack and a glass of cold milk. Yum.
These cookies are actually pretty hearty and filling.
Here’s the recipe.
BUTTERSCOTCH OATMEAL COOKIES
(My own concoction)
Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies
Equipment
- 2 18×26" cookie sheet pans
- 1 large mixing bowl
- 1 electric mixer
- 1 wooden spoon
- 1 nut chopper if nuts are not previously chopped
- 1 spatula
- 1 large cookie scoop
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- 2 wire cooling racks
Ingredients
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. sea salt
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 cup salted butter softened (2 sticks)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal dry
- 1 cup sweetened coconut
- 1 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped (measure after chopping)
- 24 oz. pkg. butterscotch chips (two 12-ounce packages)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Grease two large cookie sheet pans.
- Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together the butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs, vanilla, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Blend well with an electric mixer until smooth.
- Stir in flour, coconut, oatmeal, Butterscotch chips and pecans until thoroughly mixed.
- Press cookie dough into a ¼ cup scoop using a scant measure (about 7/8 full).
- Press firmly or the dough will crumble when you drop the scoopfuls of cookie dough onto a cookie sheet.
- Space cookies 2 to 3 inches apart on greased baking sheets.
- Bake for 17 to 22 minutes or until lightly browned and just set.
- Rotate cookie sheets on oven racks after 9 minutes of baking time.
- Transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
Notes
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Nutrition
Take a bite!
Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies will cure every sweet tooth craving!
Indulge yourself with these delicious Oatmeal Cookies!
Prepare to swoon over every bite!
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