There is something about Butterscotch in an Oatmeal Cookie that is just delicious! The other night we needed to make a quick treat to take over to a neighbor’s home. The Little Chefs were looking through all our recipes to try to find something new or something they had not made for a while. They came across this Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies recipe, and they all insisted that just had to make this recipe, even though we had just made a batch of them last week!! And yes, the entire batch was already gone.  These cookies are so delicious – don’t be surprised if your cookies disappear as quickly as ours did!!

This recipes has been filled in our favorites for some time. You would think that combining a basic oatmeal cookie with butterscotch chips would be a simple turn-out-super-yummy-every-time cookie. As it turns out, that is not always the case, and it is not that simple! We tried multiple recipes before we found the one……this one!!

The Little Chefs first mixed the butter and the sugar. Then Little Chef B added in the eggs and vanilla. I need to remind him to use a separate bowl to crack the egg first, then add it to the cookie mixture. This time we were safe – No egg shells!!

Then Little Chef K made sure all the ingredients were mixed up! Then she added the flour and dry ingredients. She likes to use the pouring shield – she learned from experience that the flour can sometimes make a mess!!

Little Chef E did the scraping and Little Chef B did more of the mixing! Such great team work!!

 We then added the oatmeal (now that makes them healthy……right?!!) and the butterscotch chips. And for some reason, I thought we had a full bag of butterscotch chips…….lets just say the Little Chefs keep a great tab on quality control while making these cookies.  A quick tip – every time I have greased the cookie sheet – they don’t turn out as well, just use the parchment paper!! You will thank us when you taste the deliciousness of these perfect little (we should add very addicting!!) cookie. Then into the oven to bake!!

Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies are one of our favorite cookies! The Little Chefs are still trying to convince me that because they have oatmeal in them, they are okay to eat for breakfast…..hummmm…I am not sold on that one yet, but good try – way to think outside the breakfast box!!

Some other yummy cookies to try – our Oreo White Chocolate Cookie!! And if traveling is in your future, try this handy little trick to make these awesome Travel Snack Bags!

Happy National Chocolate Chip Day!! To celebrate the awesomeness of the Chocolate Chip……we of course wanted to make some Chocolate Chip cookies. But, instead of actually cooking them, we wanted to try something even better!!!

Are you like us and eat and eat most of the Cookie Dough batter before the cookies hit the oven? If so, then you gotta try this Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Milkshake!! What a better combo – our favorite chocolate chip cookie dough & our homemade vanilla ice cream!

During the hot summer one of our favorite treats to make is ice cream!! For that reason, we bought – which is now one of our favorite small kitchen appliances – an Ice Cream Maker! We’ve tried vanilla & chocolate ice cream, fresh fruit ice cream – strawberries and peaches (fresh peach ice cream – our FAVORITE – I will post that recipe when fresh peaches are in season!). We have added cookies and candies, and we have on our list to try some yummy fresh sorbet!!

We have found a few tricks with making homemade ice cream – you need to chill or freeze everything before making your ice cream. So the Little Chefs made the Vanilla ice cream base, then put it in the fridge for at least  3 hours before adding to the Ice Cream Maker. We also keep the bowl of the Ice Cream Maker in the freezer at all times. The bowl needs to be frozen before you make your ice cream.

Same rule for the Cookie Dough. We made the cookie dough and placed small bite-size pieces in the freezer. We first put them on a flat sheet and flash froze them for a few minutes – then transfered them to a bowl, covered and froze. We altered our favorite cookie recipe to taste better with the vanilla ice cream, and made a 1/2 batch.

Once everything was nice and cold, or frozen…..the Little Chefs poured the Vanilla ice cream base into the Ice Cream Maker. We let that go for a while, once the ice cream had thickened, we added the frozen pieces of cookie dough. If you let it get too thick, you will need to use a spoon rather than a straw to eat it!

This is now one of my Little Chefs favorite shakes! The cookie dough pieces did get stuck in the straw a couple times, but that did not stop them, or me!! I was hoping they would not finish their shakes, I would have helped them!!

Summertime and warm weather is a perfect time to indulge yourself in some delicious milkshakes. So bust out the ice cream makers and blenders and make up some yummy Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Milkshakes!! Also – check out our Summer Calendar – it is filled with pages of fun ideas and activities for your kids to do this summer!! If you are not a fan of cookie dough, try out our Vanilla Milkshake!

We LOVE anything Caramel and Toffee at our house. To be honest, I prefer that over chocolate!! That is why we decided to try out a new twist on one of our classic treats – and we came up with our Caramel Toffee Rice Kristpie Treats!!

My Little Chefs wanted to make our classic, favorite Rice Krispie Treat. However, instead of just boring marshmallows – we wanted to step them up a bit. I had my Little Chefs rummage through the pantry to find some other ingredients we could add-in. They came out with some good ideas – I was actually quite surprised with how many ingredients sounded really good to add to the Rice Krispie Treats. The two ingredients that stood out was of course, the Caramel Bites and the Toffee.  And for those who are not familiar with Caramel Bites…..let us introduce you to them. We found these last Fall at WalMart (the only place that seems to carry them on a regular basis). They have made our life dangerously delicious and easy. No more unwrapping! These convenient little caramels have become a new staple at our house when we are baking!

With the ingredients set out, the Little Chefs started making their favorite treat with a twist! We have made these so many times, my Little Chefs do not even need the recipe anymore! Maybe we need to try for a recipe that is a bit less sugar……Nah!!! They melted the butter – then added the marshmallows and Caramel Bites. They were not sure how manyof the Caramel Bites to add in, so in went the entire bag!! They stirred and stirred the mixture until all the marshmallows and caramel pieces were melted.

They then added the Rice Krispie cereal until it was all nice and coated. Then they added the Toffee. And again, they were not sure how much to add – but this time only half the bag went in.  At this point the caramel does make it a bit more difficult to stir – because it is starting to cool down. The Little Chefs needed my help to stir in the Toffee pieces. They then put them into a pan to cool.

These Caramel Toffee Rice Krispie Treats are the most Addictive pan of Rice Krispie Treats we have ever made! We could not stop eating them – it had only been a couple of hours and the pan was half gone! Then, Little Chef B said that he was so excited to eat cereal for breakfast in the morning – and by cereal he meant the Rice Krispie Treats!!  With that said, we decided to share them with neighbors instead!

We would love to know what other Add-In’s have you tried with the classic Rice Krispie Treat? Don’t forget Mother’s Day is coming up! Check out our Menu Ideas and our Mother’s Day Gift Ideas!!