Butterscotch Pudding Cookies

I found this recipe in Mom's recipe box and had to try it. I do not remember these cookies, but they are delicious. I made these for a family party to celebrate Ryan's graduation from eighth grade over Memorial Day weekend. The cookies were well-received, so I will have to make them again.

Butterscotch is brown sugar and butter, so using butterscotch pudding mix in cookies makes them extra rich. The use of oats in the dough makes them seem a little healthier. When making these cookies, I made them small bite size cookies so that it would be easy to try one cookie without feeling guilty. The only problem is that it is hard to eat just one. I also added chocolate chips to half the batch.

Butterscotch Pudding Cookies 

• 1 cup flour
• 1/8 tsp. baking powder
• 1/8 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 pkg. instant butterscotch pudding mix
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Sift flour with baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix with rolled oats and dry pudding in a large bowl. Using a mixer, cut in the butter as for a pie crust. Add egg and vanilla; beat thoroughly. Drop  dough from teaspoon on a buttered cookie sheet. Press cookies with a fork. Bake at 350 for about 12 minutes or until delicately browned. Allow to cool. Enjoy!