Here’s the thing about memories though: they play tricks on you. Nathan told me that Mom’s cookies were just regular chocolate chip cookies with a scoop of peanut butter added and some butterscotch and chocolate chips mixed in. So I made them. Exactly like he said. And he was like no, these are not it. It’s not peanut buttery enough. So then I took one of my favorite peanut butter cookie recipes and added butterscotch and chocolate chips. They were sufficiently peanut buttery, but the dough was too crumbly to work with that many mix-ins. Finally I decided to adapt these Chewy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies. I left out all the oats and added a ton of butterscotch and dark chocolate in it’s place. The result? Perfection. Complete and utter perfection. At least that’s what I thought. Nathan said mom never would have used dark chocolate; semi-sweet only. Well WHATEVER. I think there’s no pleasing him. The childhood memory is too glorious to be replicated. I’m still calling these Nathan’s Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies though, even if they are semi-sweet-short of the perfect memory. Who can compete with childhood nostalgia?? I owe you one for resurrecting these ones Nate. Also I just had a thought, maybe this was just a ploy to get me to test this recipe 3 times?? We have been eating versions of this cookie for weeks and I made him come over every time I tried a new batch to taste it. NATHAN!!! Also, sorry Mom and Nate, but dark chocolate it better for this recipe. Butterscotch chips are really sweet, and dark chocolate balances them out perfectly. You know what else would be good on this cookie? A sprinkle of flaky sea salt. Like I said, the butterscotch is pretty sweet. So if you are into a bit of salt on sweet cookies, try that out. Then these are the cookie for you. They’re a big family favorite around here (and for good reason). They have the perfect texture and soooo much flavor. Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram
Peanut butter chips Semi-sweet chocolate chips White chocolate chips Chopped pecans Chopped walnuts Mini chocolate chips Milk chocolate chips Chopped candy bars Skor or Heath bits (or chopped Skor or Heath bars) Toasted coconut
Next add in some peanut butter, eggs, and vanilla. Then the flour and salt and baking soda. Don’t over mix the dry ingredients. In fact you want to add in your mix-ins before the flour is even all the way mixed in. Too much mixing and the cookie dough gets tough. Nobody wants a tough cookie! Add in your dark chocolate and butterscotch. I like to chop up half of my dark chocolate so that there are little slivers of chocolate throughout the dough, in addition to the pools of chocolate from the chips. I also like to leave out some of the butterscotch chips and chocolate chips and add them to the top of each cookie to make them EXTRA delicious. This is not necessary but it sure does make your cookie look pretty! Bake the cookies until they are just barely starting to get golden brown on the edges. The centers should either be completely matte or just have a tiny bit of shine to them.
