Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies

Brown butter makes these butterscotch oatmeal cookies extra special. The perfect afternoon treat or midnight snack, you will love this cookie recipe! Perfect cookie dough for freezing!

Are you a butterscotch fan? I only like it once in a blue moon, but when I do like it I love it. It has been a good while since I have made anything with butterscotch, I think it has to have been a few years ago when I made my cookie butter butterscotch cookies. So it was definitely time for some more butterscotch cookies, specifically soft and chewy butterscotch oatmeal cookies.

Let's get to the recipe.

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How do you make butterscotch chip cookies

This recipe calls for brown butter, I happen to keep some on hand all the time. You may call me a brown butter addict, if you don't have any on hand check out my post on how to brown butter then chill the butter so it can re-solidify and come to a more solid softened state. We want softened brown butter for this recipe.

Once your butter is ready, add it to a large mixing bowl or bowl of your electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and add the granulated and brown sugar, I like using both version of sugar for great texture and flavor.

Cream the sugars until fully combined, 1-2 minutes. You will end up with the most glorious looking butter sugar mixture, the smell is heavenly.

Next we are going to add one whole egg and a splash of pure vanilla extract.

Make sure to beat the egg and vanilla into the butter mixture, until they are fully combined. Then we need to whisk the dry ingredients together; all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, cornstarch, and I like to use a mixture of both rolled and quick oats but you can defintiley just use all rollled oats.

Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet and just before they are fully combined pour in the butterscotch chips and fold those in.

Using a medium cookie scoop prepare the cookie dough balls and place them on a silpat lined cookie sheet.

Check out this post on my Cookie Baking Tips

Bake the cookies at 350F/180C for 8-10 minutes, or until the edges have started to brown and the center of the cookie is just set.

Can you freeze oatmeal butterscotch cookies

Yes while I prefer to freeze cookie dough and bake the cookies fresh, you can freeze the baked cookies as well. Just make sure they are completely cooled before freezing and place in an airtight container to freeze.

To freeze the dough balls I suggest scooping the cookie dough into the dough size you want and freezing that on a flat surface so they do not stick together, once the dough is frozen feel free ot transfer to a ziploc bag for easier storage.

If you want to bake the frozen dough balls just add an extra minute or two on the bake time. Then you can have fresh cookies whenever you want!!

Another oatmeal cookie recipe you may love are my oatmeal cranberry cookies, try baking these next!

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