Bradley's Butter-Scotchies

from kate:
cupcakes take time, you know.

don't judge me. i'm adding a cookie recipe. i work for this theatre company, and the associate artists and other folk who have been there forever (like myself) are pretty much like a family. and one of us has a serious amount of back pain right now, so we are all worried... because we love our family, and this man is the sweetness and the heart of the universe. also, when things start to go sour, i make cookies in the toaster oven downstairs. it helps. a warm cookie goes a long way in making people feel comforted. so this is a toaster oven recipe for bradley, whom we all want to get better soon.

First, i wanna say this: you always hear that baking, unlike cooking, is an exact science. measure carefully or your baking will turn out like some sort of nightmare. well, i think that's just what other bakresses say to make themselves feel superior about their type-a personalities. suck on that, other bakresses! (to be fair, it is much more important in baking cakes which need to rise than in baking cookies.)

anyway, this is my alteration of the back-of-the-bag recipe. it is lower in fat and has about half the sugar of the other recipe, but let's be honest here: that's really because i ran out of some ingredients. but they taste pretty effing good, so it's all gravy!

Get Yourself Some Stuff:
1 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
1 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. cinnamon
1 stick u/s butter, softened
1/4 c. extra virgin coconut oil (which is my moon goddess)
1/4 c. white sugar
1/2 c. packed dark brown sugar
2 eggs
1 t. vanilla (i used that tasty vanilla bean paste again. damn, that stuff is delicious.)
zest of one orange
3 c. oats (either kind. old-fashioned will make your cookies have a different texture. quick oats will taste just as good, but be more uniform in texture...they break up more during baking. i like old-fashioned, but the most important thing, to me, is that they have that quaker guy on the front. because i'm a quaker. and i think it would be funny if i looked like him.)
11 oz pkg (1 2/3 c.) butterscotch chips

Live the Dream!
~combine flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in small bowl
~beat butter, coconut oil, sugars, eggs, vanilla and zest in mixer until well combined.
~gradually beat in flour mixture
~stir in oats and chips
~drop in enormously overflowing tbsps onto teeny toaster oven cookie sheet (put some foil on that beast! you're at work!)
~bake at 375 for 9 (-11) minutes. they will be soft and squishy and oh-so delicious!
~then think for a second about how much you love somebody, anybody...and wish them good health.