Peanut Butter Oatmeal Scotchies Cookies
Treat the fam with this yummy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Scotchies Cookies recipe. Soft, chewy, & loaded with peanut butter & butterscotch flavor!
Servings: 24 Servings
Calories:
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ½ cup peanut butter use a reduced sugar peanut butter for lower sugar option or any nut butter will work as well
- ¾ cup brown sugar - use monk fruit brown sugar for sugar-free option
- ½ cup granulated sugar use monk fruit sugar for sugar-free option
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour or for gluten-free option, use Bob's Red Mill gluten-free 1-to-1 baking mix
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 cups old-fashioned or quick oats or a combination of both, I used 2 cups old-fashioned and 1 cup quick oats or use gluten-free oats for a gluten-free option
- 1 cup butterscotch chips more for tops if desired
- 1 cup peanut butter chips more for tops if desired
- Option to add white or semi-sweet chocolate chips on tops or in cookie dough batter as you wish.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F and line your baking sheets with parchment paper or use silicone baking mats.
- In a stand mixer or using a hand mixer, beat the butter, then add in the peanut butter, brown sugar and sugar and beat together until mixed well.
- Mix in the eggs and vanilla to combine.
- Then add the flour, baking soda, salt and mix together, followed by the oats.
- Fold or mix in the peanut butter and butterscotch chips. Cookie dough should be thick and sticky.
- Using a large cookie scoop (1/4 cup), scoop cookies onto prepared pan. If you want to add more chocolate chips on top, you can do it before or after the cookies are baked. These cookies are thick and do not spread much, but I like to keep them in scoops and not flatten them because these are delish thick, soft and chewy. They will deflate some when they come out of the oven.
- Bake for 12 minutes or until light golden brown.
- Let them cool a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack.
Notes
For healthier cookies, monk fruit sugar, reduced fat peanut butter, dairy-free chocolate chips of choice by Lily's, they have peanut butter, butterscotch, white and semi-sweet flavors with the option to change out the flour with Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Flour Mix.