Yesterday at work I had a low blood sugar attack and by time I got home I was ready to pass out. I ended up eating some marshmallows and ice cream to bring it back up but not before I got a hankerin’ for some Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies.
I was going to make some of them but took a nap instead.
So tonight, after dinner, I made some. Now, the important part here, is that it was after dinner. After the oven cooked dinner. At 450 degrees.
I mixed up the cookie dough and set the oven to 375, as it was called for in the recipe that I got from Cindy McCain herself. (Google Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies and read how Cindy stole the recipe from Nestle…probably cost her husband the election…you don’t mess with the Toll House) So, put dough on pan, pan in oven, set timer for 9 minutes and wait.
Beep…Beeeeep….Beep…Oh! Scurry to oven, open door and look in. They look a little bit overdone, that’s okay, because, ta-da! I followed the directions!
Okay, so taking the cookies off the pan was a little difficult. This isn’t lifting the cookie – this is scraping…in fact the last one was chiseled off the pan (that pan is still soaking) and only the top part came off. It’s the one on the top right in the picture below;
I consider all experiences an opportunity for learning, so you ask, “What did you learn?” I’m glad you asked…
1. To make a tasty granola; heat oven to 450, mix up some Oatmeal Butterscotch cookie dough, change oven temperature to 375 right before you put the pan in the oven and bake for 9 minutes. This is a tasty granola that makes a wonderful snack on the back packing trail. (Yea, I don’t know so much about the whole trail thing but it is a tasty, granola like snack)
2. When chiseling cookies off a baking pan do not press your side against the pan for leverage. The pan is hot and will burn you. If you let the pan cool you can place it against your side, however you will need a Dremel Multi-Max Grout Removal Power Tool at this point because the cookies will harden after cooling.
3. A good activity while waiting for an oven to cool down is reading The Tale of Despereaux to your kids. It’s a great book, only 10 minutes of reading time turned into 25, but I was able to start with a cool oven and heat up to 375.
4. When the recipe instructs you to cream the butter and sugar together, I’m pretty sure it means that the butter should be softened to room temperature, not melted. I’m guessing this because even after changing oven temperatures from 450 to 375 the cookies taste a bit dry. I’m gonna try the softened butter thing next time.
Finally the last thing I learned…nothing beats a warm cookie! The light at Krispie Kreame or the beep of my oven? I’d take the beep over the light any day or night.
And if you want the recipe for these cookies just google Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookie, read about the Cindy McCain cookie scandal, then back up and go to the Nestle site.
