No Bake Butterscotch Cookies
These easy No Bake Butterscotch Cookies are one of my favorite no bake cookie recipes, especially since they’re made with butterscotch chips. These oatmeal butterscotch no bake cookies come together in about 30 minutes and are made with a handful of ingredients.
Servings: 24 cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3 cups quick oats*
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
Instructions
- Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.**
- In a medium sized saucepan, combine butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and milk.
- Bring the mixture to a rolling boil on medium-high heat, stirring frequently.
- Allow the mixture to boil for 1 minute without stirring. Then, remove from the heat.
- Add in the butterscotch chips, mixing until the butterscotch has melted and the mixture is smooth.
- Next, add in cinnamon, salt, vanilla extract, and quick oats. Stir until combined.
- Using a medium cookie scoop (or two spoons), drop the cookies onto your cookie sheets.
- Allow the cookies to set before serving, about 15-20 minutes at room temperature.
- Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature (you can also store in the fridge, if you prefer).
Notes
*Quick oats are the oats I recommend in this recipe, as they yield a very tender, candy-like cookie that is perfectly sweet.
*You can use old-fashioned oats, but the cookies will be chewier, as the rolled oats are thicker and won’t absorb the butterscotch liquid the same way as quick oats.
*Finally, if you only have old-fashioned oats, you can pulse them in a food processor until they are a bit finer and resemble quick oats.
**You can also scoop these cookies into muffin cups (lined with muffin liners), which will yield perfectly shaped cookies.
*You can use old-fashioned oats, but the cookies will be chewier, as the rolled oats are thicker and won’t absorb the butterscotch liquid the same way as quick oats.
*Finally, if you only have old-fashioned oats, you can pulse them in a food processor until they are a bit finer and resemble quick oats.
**You can also scoop these cookies into muffin cups (lined with muffin liners), which will yield perfectly shaped cookies.