It's a rainy Memorial Day in Michigan, so it seems as good a day as any to bake up a batch of cookies. I'm stuck inside anyway, I may as well have something good to eat. I've decided to go with another childhood favorite, Oatmeal Scotchies.
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| I used browned butter to make this batch. |
Chewy oatmeal cookies, studded with rich, butterscotch chips.
Does an oatmeal cookie get any better? You can keep your raisins, for my money, an oatmeal cookie doesn't get any better. This was another common recipe in our house, and I have always loved these cookies. I even went so far as to carefully copy it from my mom's recipe card, so I could recreate the magic after I moved out. Much later, I would discover that the recipe had actually come from the back of the bag of butterscotch chips.
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| I followed the classic recipe for this batch. |
After reading about the joy and deliciousness of browned butter over at
Bakergirl, I decided to try my hand at it. And, what better medium for something so rich than oatmeal and butterscotch? I thought it would change the flavor of the cookie, but I wasn't expecting to end up with two cookies that look like they came from two different recipes.
