Chocolate & butterscotch yummies.

Yesterday I saw some oat cookies in the supermarket that looked pretty yummy but I decided as I looked at the price and the ingredient list that I could make my own at home. So I looked at recipes on allrecipes and finally decided on this one.

And this is the end product:



Now, the original recipe looked a large amount so I divided it in half and it made 24 yummies. Here's my recipe:

* 1 cup softened butter
* 1 cup icing sugar
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 1 1/2 plain flour
* 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
* 1 cup quick-cooking oats
* 2/3 cup chocolate chips (plain or milk)
* 1/3 cup butterscotch chips
*2 tablespoons milk (only if needed)

Preheat the oven to gas mark 3 (325oF) and get out some baking trays, don't grease them though!

In a medium bowl cream together the sugar, butter and vanilla. You can't skimp on this step, you want to mix the butter and sugar together until they look light (almost white) and creamy.

In a sperate bowl sieve the flour and bicarbonate of soda then combine with the ceamed mixture in 3 batches. This might get a bit tough as the mixture is quite stiff. Next add the oats and chocolate chips. At this point I decided to use up the last of the package of butterscotch chips a lovely American friend sent me, I had 1/3 of a cup of those and used plain chocolate chips for the rest. I also added about 2 tblsp of milk at this point in two seperate batches as the mix became crumbly and hard to work with.

When it all combines together into a dryish dough (you don't want it too wet you can then take dessertspoons full of mixture, squeeze and roll them in your hand to make ball shapes and put them on your baking tray. These cookies don't spread a huge amount but you still want an inch between cookies on your baking tray. Before putting them in an oven flatten with a fork or just your fingers, so they resemble cookie shapes not balls any more. Don't flatten them too much though or they'll crumble.

Now bake in the oven until golden brown at the edges. My yummies took 15 minutes but check yours after 10 mins to see.

When they're cooked transfer them immediately (but carefully) to a wire rack to cool.

These are tasty, like a cross between a shortbread and a digestive biscuit with yummy chocolate and butterscotch goodness. I think this is a great basic recipe and you could use different dried fruits instead of chocolate in the mix. I'm going to have fun experiementing with different flavour combinations. I also think a little touch of cinnamon would taste yum with the chocolate and buttery biscuit so I'll try that next time.

These are definitely a biscuit and not a cookie to my mind as they're dry and crisp and to me a cookie is a bit doughy in the middle. These are perfect to eat with a hot drink or even a glass of milk and the oats make them really satisfying and pretty healthy too!