Oatmeal Scotchies

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Title: Oatmeal Scotchies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 48 servings

1 1/4 c All-purpose flour
1 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Cinnamon
1 c Butter; softened
3/4 c Sugar
3/4 c Firmly packed brown sugar
2 Eggs
1 ts Vanilla extract or grated
Peel of 1 orange
3 c Quick or old-fashioned oats
Uncooked
12 oz Butterscotch morsels

Preheat oven to 375~F. In small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt
and cinnamon; set aside. In a large mixer bowl, beat butter, sugar brown
sugar, eggs and vanilla extract or orange peel until creamy. Gradually beat
in flour mixture. Stir in oats and butterscotch flavored morsels. Drop by
measuring tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 7-8 minutes for
chewier cookies; 9-10 minutes for crisper cookies.

Variation: OATMEAL SCOTCHIE PAN COOKIE Preheat oven to 375~F. Spread
dough into greased 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1 inch baking pan. Bake for 18-22
minutes or until very lightly browned. Cool completely. Cut into
thirty-five 2-inch squares.

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