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Oatmeal Peanut Butter Scotchies

Modified: Jun 7, 2021 · Published: Nov 18, 2007 by Anna · This post may contain affiliate links · 10 Comments

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Oatmeal Peanut Butter Scotchies are from a contest sponsored by Mrs. Fields. I served them to the family and both my sister and mother-in-law gave them a big thumbs up! The cookies are very similar to King Arthur Monster Cookies, but smaller and with a butterscotch & pecan theme. Also, they do not contain any flour.

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I used quick cooking (not instant – those are different) oats rather than “old fashioned”. Oat cookies made with quick cooking oats taste less health foodish, which is good if you’re serving them to children. Not that my child would care, because she’s inherited her father’s sick peanut butter aversion gene. Argh. Update: I'm pleased to say my daughter now loves peanut butter.

Recipe

Oatmeal Peanut Butter Scotchies

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Oatmeal Peanut Butter Scotchies are flourless peanut butter oatmeal cookies with butterscotch morsels and pecans.
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Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 12 minutes mins
Total Time 32 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 40

Ingredients
 

  • 4 tablespoon unsalted butter softened
  • 1 cup peanut butter Jif, Skippy, Peter Pan – kind with sugar
  • ⅔ cup white sugar
  • ⅔ cup brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 ¼ tsp baking soda
  • 3 cups quick cooking not instant! oats
  • 1 ⅓ cups butterscotch chips
  • ½ cup chopped toasted pecans

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • With an electric mixer, beat the butter, peanut butter and both sugars until creamy. Add salt, vanilla, egg and baking soda and beat for about 30 seconds. Stir in oats, butterscotch chips and nuts.
  • Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls or smallish tablespoons onto a greased or parchment lined baking sheet. Bake 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
  • Let cool on cookie sheet 5 minutes before removing to cooling rack.
  • Makes about 40 cookies

Notes

If you want to skip the butterscotch chips and go strictly peanut butter, use peanut butter chips and omit the pecans.
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  1. Patti says

    September 06, 2008 at 6:07 am

    I made these according to the original recipe. TOO sickening sweet for my taste. My Husband loves them??

  2. Julie O'Hara says

    November 19, 2007 at 10:00 am

    These sound just delish. I agree, I like them better than the KA monster cookies. Thanks for the scaled down recipe, as always!
    Julie

  3. Anna says

    November 19, 2007 at 8:48 am

    Yeah, my dad told me this. He learned it from Santa, who was a buddy of his in the army.

  4. Emiline says

    November 19, 2007 at 3:27 am

    I knew it! I knew reindeer loved Oatmeal Peanut Butter Scotchies.

  5. Anna says

    November 18, 2007 at 8:21 pm

    Hi Bonnie, thanks for commenting! And yes, I liked the quick cooking oats a lot. I usually use old fashioned oats, but there really does seem to be a difference in cookies made with quick cooking and old fashioned

    Valerie, as usual we are in agreement here. Without salt or salted butter, a lot of cookies taste flat. Glad you added the salt. Also, you might be inclined to like these more if you used the quick cooking. I think I'm going to start making all monster cookies with quick cooking instead of of old fashioned.

    That was an extremely competitive contest, so I guess the judges had something particular in mind. These were great in that they are really easy to throw together and the lack of flour is kind of interesting. But there were SO many good cookies. My favorite was probably the candied cashew cookies, but those did require a bit more work. I'm pretty sure that I would make these again because 1) people liked them so much and 2) they came together quickly.

  6. Valerie says

    November 18, 2007 at 5:19 pm

    I made these today, too. and I just HAD to add salt. can't fathom making a cookie with no salt.

    I used rolled oats and should have used the quick cook or a combo of quick and rolled.

    I thought they were quite good, but I don't know that I would have given them the grand prize. I'd say good, but not great. maybe they'd be closer to great with the quick oats.

  7. Bonnie says

    November 18, 2007 at 4:56 pm

    Anna -
    I'm sorry - After posting my above question - I re-read your post and saw that you used the quick cooking because it made them taste less health foodish - which I completely understand as a mom!

    Other than that though - would it be okay to use the old fashioned if that is what you have on hand?

  8. Bonnie says

    November 18, 2007 at 4:52 pm

    Anna,
    Would it make a difference if you use Old Fashioned Oatmeal instead of the quick cooking? Just wondering...

    Thanks! BTW - Love your blog 🙂

  9. Anna says

    November 18, 2007 at 4:13 pm

    Kristin, I don't know if you noticed (and I didn't mention it), but I added salt. The original recipe didn't have any salt at all. I added 1/8 teaspoon to my recipe, which would be 3/8 teaspoon if you were to make the whole. I think the salt really bumped up the flavor.

  10. Kristin W says

    November 18, 2007 at 4:08 pm

    I have mixed feelings about this cookie. I have made it several times, and I like it OK, but just OK. However, everybody else who has tried them LOVES them. I had them specially requested to take to a baby shower. As far as oatmeal cookies go, I much prefer the browned butter-praline ones -- I just feel like they have more flavor. The Mrs. Fields ones, I just feel like I want to add ... something. But everybody else loves them, so maybe it's just me.

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