Peanut Butter Coconut Oatmeal Scotchies
OHH EMM GEE, guys!! These are crazy amazing! Chewy, sweet and filled to the brim with coconut, oats, butterscotch and peanut butter chips! Holy pimped out cookies Batman!
This was the batch I made over my crazy stressful weekend just a few days back; do you recall this post? Yeah…don’t want to re-live that for a while. I was vulnerable and had a new bag of peanut butter chips….not a good combination. Obviously things were going to end badly. And by badly I mean very very good.
Also, I would like to state for the record that I am NOT insane, I just have moments of insanity. For instance, on Sunday when I made these and ate nearly all of them. Or on Sunday when my husband and I were breaking and entering. Or on Sunday when I was making these and happened to add in those peanut butter chips I was talking about….and some oats….and an almost empty bag of butterscotch chips…..and an almost empty bag of coconut. CLEARLY I was just cleaning out my cupboards for the greater good. I don’t always go around throwing every Tom, Dick and Harry into my cookies. Now that would be crazy! Right? Riiiiiiiiiight??
Ok that didn’t make sense.
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Umm, ok. It totally just got awkward.
ANYWAYS–we love love loved these and if you’re stressed too, feel free to make a batch! You’re welcome 
Oh, and this recipe only makes 1 dozen, so you don’t have to feel bad for eating…..like 10.
To make these cookies, start off with your typical cookie ingredients in a bowl Mmmmm….try not to melt your butter in the microwave. Don’t be like me!
Cream it all together.
Now crack an egg into a bowl, beat it up and pour half into your mixture along with some tasty vanilla.
Stir it up and take a big sniff! Yummmmm!!
Measure out your dry ingredients into the bowl too. {I promise there’s salt in there…’a pinch’ doesn’t exactly show up in my fotos.}
Now pour in all the good shtuff!! And drop some peanut butter chips into your mouth too. {I used the Reese’s brand–talk about amazing and addictive!}
Now shovel a big spoonful of this into your mouth.
And then take the leftover dough and scoop out some cookies.
Throw these into the oven for 8-ish minutes until the edges are golden and the centers are barely set. Cool them off for 3 minutes and then transfer these to a cooling rack. Or skip the cooling rack and stuff your face.
Or, make ‘em look pretty and snap a few shots!
Are you gettin’ hungry yet?
Needless to say, these are crazy good and you should make them. The end.
I promise I’m not crazy.
Peanut Butter Coconut Oatmeal Scotchies
yield: 8 large, 12 small
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Ingredients:
1/4 cup margarine
3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/2 egg, beaten
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
pinch of salt
5 tablespoons all purpose flour
1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon oats
2 tablespoons shredded sweetened coconut
2 tablespoons peanut butter chips
2 tablespoons butterscotch chips
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with silicone mat or parchment paper. Set aside.
Cream butter and sugars together. Stir in egg and vanilla. Stir in baking soda, salt and flour until just incorporated. Pour in remaining ingredients and stir. Scoop onto prepared pan and bake 8-9 minutes, rotating the pan half way through. Cool 3 minutes on the pan and remove to cooling rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.
I love EVERYTHING about this recipe
The oats, chewy, butterscotch chips!!, the fact that it doesnt make 3 dozen, PB chips were used (in honor of Natl Pb Day that was Wednesday)…
You outdid yourself. I’m going to make these!
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OG EM GEE is right!
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One of my pet hates is cookies that are really stingy with the add ins – one or two chocolate chips per cookie? Not going to work for me! These look so good!
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I love peanut butter and butterscotch together. This is a winner for me!
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They look delicious! And, the reading this first thing on a Wednesday morning when I really wish it was a Friday morning was just what I needed.
Happy Wednesday!
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these look soft and chewy and packed full of flavor! it only makes a dozen?? well, that’s great cause all 11 for me
haha jk
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Love this combo! And you’d be crazy NOT to eat 10 of these
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Looks like a fabulous cookie. I probably would have eaten them all too.
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Ohhh myy Goodness!!! I can’t wait to try these!! Btw, I love love your blog!! I love the recipes and hearing about your real life, you are like a dear friend I haven’t met!
Thank you for taking the time to post all that you do! You are such a encouragement to this new mom! 
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I would just like to say that crazystressedout cookies are the bessssst cookies. Not that I’m advocating comfort baking or anything. Why would you ever think I’d do a thing like that? Psh.
Oh, P.S. — YUM.
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I just made a ton of cookies yesterday, but now I feel like getting back into the kitchen to make some more!!
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The cookies look perfect! Love everything about this recipe!
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Oh yum, these look awesome! Love all the fun stuff jammed in.
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OMG is right! I loveeeeeeee love love you for making these. I was totally looking for the butter to see how much fat these would require. Not bad, 4 tbsp. YAY! I’m so baking these, your’e the best. Do you come up with all your recipes? Awesome!!! Bookmarked.
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Lauren — January 25th, 2012 @ 5:51 pm
Yes, all my recipes are original unless otherwise stated!
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you had me at the title of these! so many of my favorites!!
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Pour me a tall glass of milk and a handful of these cookies, delicious!
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These look PERFECT!
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wow, I think I have to bake these asap! That glass of milk looks delicious too:)
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All the best ingredients all rolled into one cookie!!!! I notice you use a silpat … I don’t have one, but have always been interested. Does it just keep the cookies from sticking?
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peanut butter rules my world! LOVE
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Peanut butter makes the world a better place – - add in some oatmeal, butterscotch chips and coconut and you have one AMAZING cookie!!
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yum!!! I finally got a Silpat and have been waiting to break it out…can’t wait to try these!
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mmm. the photos alone make me hungryhungryhungry.
xo
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Wow. Honestly wow is all I have to say! These cookies are perfect! Butterscotch chips? Sadly I’ve never seen these before! Yum!
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These look sooo good! I can’t wait to try them on my own!
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I have made a similar cookie, but yours is bumped up with the peanut butter chips and coconut. My Little Chefs are going to love this recipe when they come home from school. They will probably want to make it…since they are cooking this year!
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Holy Cookies do those look amazing! Butterscotch and peanut butter? Yes please, 10 sounds about right!
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These look dangerously amazing and addicting! All of my favorite ingredients!
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These look amazing! All though I may need to double the recipe to feed all my hungry dorm friends. Us college students eat lots! Haha. They really do look so yummy and buttery and delicious.
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Thanks so much for this recipe. I had to quadruple it to feed my family of five. Everyone LOVED them. They were so addicting and were gone in a flash. A few days later we were all having withdrawal symptoms, so I made another batch. Now only a week later, I’m getting ready to make some more of these super delicious cookies, and I thought I’d let you know how much all of us like your recipe. I’ll have made three batches of cookies in the last two weeks, which is more cookies than I have made in the past two years!
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Christine — February 8th, 2012 @ 10:34 pm
Oh, I forgot to say, that since we’ve become cookie-aholics, I’ve decided to make these a teeny-bit healthier by substituting applesauce for half of the butter. It makes a little softer of a cookie, but they are still delicious. I just ate one from the first pan out of the oven. YUM!
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Lauren — February 9th, 2012 @ 12:43 am
Well, what a compliment!! Glad all FIVE of you like them!!
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