I had seen these cookies in my google reader and knew I had everything on hand to make them, so I thought they would be great to take to a potluck picnic that we went to on Monday night. These turned out so great. They were so soft and chewy. If you love butterscotch, you are going to love these. I found these on Good Thymes & Good Food and she got the recipe from Family Circle Magazine. These are actually Cindy McCain’s recipe that was entered in a contest for the magazine during the election. This recipe makes about 5 dozen. I halved it, but the full recipe is below.
Cindy McCain’s Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies
Source: Family Circle Magazine via Good Thymes & Good Food
Ingredients:
3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) unsalted butter or margarine, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups rolled oats
1-2/3 cups butterscotch chips
Directions:
Heat oven to 375 degrees.
In a large bowl beat the butter or margarine, granulated sugar and brown sugar together.
Add the eggs and vanilla, beating well.
In a medium-size bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture; stir until blended.
Stir in oats and butterscotch chips.
Drop by tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake at 375°F for 10 minutes, until the edges begin to brown. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
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Yay! I am so glad that you decided to try these! I loved them. 🙂
I LOVE your blog! I just spent like an hour looking at all your recipes and I have so many bookmarked!
I've made this recipe before – I think it was in celebration of election night! They really surprised me at how chewy and perfect they turned out!
Oatmeal and butterscotch is such a delicious combination!
Love the butterscotch/oat combo–and that it's Cindy McCain's recipe!:)
Yum, they look great with those butterscotch cookies!
Isn't this the same recipe that is on the back of a butterscotch chip package? I believe they are called Oatmeal Scotchies.
Those are my ALL TIME favorite cookies!
my sister loves oatmeal cookies. I'll tell her your recipe
Anonymous- It may be the same recipe as the back of the package, I'm not sure, but I got it from the Good Thymes & Good Food blog I cited.
those look so good, thanks for the recipe!
I hate to post this here but couldn’t find an email to contact you at about this. Just wanted to let you know that Sweet Nothings Desserts on facebook has posted your picture of the above cookies as her own. She has done this to over half of the pictures she has on her facebook page. Just about any crisp nice looking picture she has you can google the name of the item and the orginal owner of the picture’s blog pops up with the post about the items she is cropping and watermarking with her name.
Thanks so much for letting me know Holly! I greatly appreciate it!