Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies by Tom

Barbara brought home two packages of "Good & Gather" butterscotch chips from Target and challenged me to make some butterscotch chip cookies for us.  Not backing down from this challenge :~), I looked up several recipes and settled on a hybrid. As anyone who follows this cooking blog knows, I rarely follow any recipe exactly as found.  This recipe is no exception.  Turned out to be a successful modification for tasty cookies.

These cookies will be crisp sort of like Tate's Bake Shop cookies.  Very good in the morning with coffee, or anytime for that matter!

---Tom

Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies

(adapted from back of Good & Gather Butterscotch Chips package)

Makes ~36 cookies

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

3/4 cup granulated sugar

2 large eggs

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups old fashioned rolled oats

12 ounces butterscotch chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.

In a stand mixer with the cookie paddle, mix the softened butter with the sugars until light.  Add the eggs and continue mixing until light and frothy.

Mix on low carefully adding the two flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt.  Then add the rolled oats.

Now add the butterscotch chips and blend until incorporated into the batter.

Refrigerate for about 30 minutes so that the batter stiffens.

With an ice cream scoop, about 1", scoop out a ball of batter onto the parchment lined cookie sheet.  I put 12 on each cookie sheet.  After the cookie balls are on each sheet, refrigerate remaining dough until ready to scoop out again.  I usually just do one sheet at a time, and then do the second cookie sheet about halfway through the first bake.

Bake at 350 degrees for 15 1/2-minutes rotating the cookie sheet at the 8-minute mark.  Remove from the oven and let cool on the baking sheet for 8 minutes or so.  Then transfer to a wire rack to completely cool the cookies.

---Tom

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