Butterscotch Chocolate Oatmeal Bars
Oatmeal Butterscotch & Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars taste like a dream, but you can make them become a reality easily! Enjoy thick and chewy, buttery soft oatmeal cookie bars loaded with butterscotch and chocolate chips for a super fun treat the whole family will love!
Servings: 12 Servings
Calories:
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- ½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 ¼ cups rolled oats quick oats or combo of oats or use gluten free oats for gluten free option
- ⅔ cup milk chocolate chips
- ½ cup butterscotch chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease an 8x8 pan with non-stick cooking spray. Line with parchment for easy removal.
- In a separate bowl combine the dry ingredients of flour, salt, baking soda,and rolled oats together, set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, using mixer or by hand beat together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth and light.
- Add egg and vanilla and beat in.
- Add dry ingredient mixture to wet mixture and continue mixing together until combined. Fold in chocolate and butterscotch chips, reserving some for the top of the bars.
- Spread or press cookie dough into the bottom of the prepared pan.
- Sprinkle remaining butterscotch and chocolate chips on top.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. After 25 minutes, check cookie bars by giving the pan a little shake. If it jiggles in the middle, put the pan back in and try again every 5 minutes until there is no longer any jiggle and it’s better to not overbake.
- Remove from the oven and let cool 10 minutes before cutting.
- Double recipe for large batch in 9x13 pan
Notes
Other options: Can easily make these gluten-free by using flour like Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 and gluten-free oats.