Butterscotch Crispies

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 cup unbleached flour
• 3 cups rolled oats
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup melted butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup hot water

Recipe

• 1 in a kitchenaid stand up mixer or standard mixer combine (for kitchenaid use the "stir" feature) the brown sugar, flour, oats and salt.
• 2 add the butter, vanilla extract, baking soda and hot water. increase the ka to speed 2-3 and blend.
• 3 place dough in a covered container and chill at least 1 hour. (i will admit that the first time i only chilled the dough 35 minutes but the cookies turned out fine.).
• 4 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 5 use a cookie scoop to shape the dough into walnut sized balls or shape dough by buttered hands and place on parchment-lined baking sheet.
• 6 cover the bottom of a drinking glass with waxed paper and flatten the dough balls.
• 7 bake for approximately 8-10 minutes. cookies will be *very soft*.
• 8 remove pan from oven and set aside for 5 minutes.
• 9 carefully remove cookies to a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes and crisp up.