Oatmeal Scotchies

These are some of Jonathan's favorites cookies. His mom used to make them when he was a kid, and when he got to college, he called her to ask her if he could have her famous butterscotch chip cookie recipe... To which she replied that she had gotten it from the back of the Nestlé butterscotch morsels package. They know what they're doing over there at Nestlé because these cookies rock. As one of Jonathan's co-worker so appropriately described, they taste like a holiday in your mouth.

Oatmeal Scotchies
Courtesy of Nestlé Toll House



1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or grated peel of 1 orange
3 cups quick or old-fashioned oats
1 2/3 cups (11-oz. pkg.) Nestlé® Toll House® Butterscotch Flavored Morsels

Preheat oven to 375°F.

Combine flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in oats and morsels. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

Bake for 7 to 8 minutes for chewy cookies or 9 to 10 minutes for crisp cookies. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Pan cookie variation:
Grease 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan. Prepare dough as above. Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 18 to 22 minutes or until light brown. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Makes 4 dozen bars.