Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies (aka Oatmeal Scotchies)
Faith Gorsky · anediblemosaic.com · 2011 · 30 cookies
Against 499 oatmeal cookie recipes
Less leavening than 82% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 499 oatmeal cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less leavening than 82% of recipes: 1.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2.9%.
- Egg in the middle half of recipes: 29% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Ingredients (12)
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature)≈ 76 g
- 1/3 cup vegetable shortening (at room temperature)≈ 68 g
- 1 cup brown sugar (lightly packed)≈ 220 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 18 tablespoons all-purpose flour (1 cup + 2 tablespoons)≈ 170 g
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 1.3 g
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- 1/4 teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
- 1 1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats≈ 120 g
- 3/4 cup butterscotch chips (you can add up to 1 1/2 cup, but I go light because they are so sweet!)≈ 128 g
- 1/2 cup walnuts (chopped (optional))≈ 60 g
flour 170 gbatter 902 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 499 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Oats71% · 35th percentile · median 85%
- Fat85% · 35th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar129% · 43rd percentile · median 135%
- Egg29% · 25th percentile · median 40%
- Leavening1.8% · 17th percentile · median 2.9%
- Salt0.9% · 25th percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 10 to 12 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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