Oatmeal Butterscotch Blondies – These bars are loaded with chewy oats and creamy butterscotch chips! Two secret ingredients make these blondies perfect!
Butterscotch. You either love it or you hate it. Personally, I adore butterscotch. Especially when I can get my hands on one of those butterscotch flavored old-fashioned striped candy sticks they have in the little candy shops. Now my husband? He could live without butterscotch IF it weren’t for these blondies.
These blondies are pretty much perfect. Every ingredient has a purpose and does its job. Shelly over at Cookies & Cups has an awesome trick I’ve been dying to try out. She added toasted coconut to her blondies – yet they aren’t a “coconut blondie”. I tried it, I loved it, I’m totally hooked. Shredded coconut is another thing my husband doesn’t care for and he had no idea that there was any coconut in these blondies. So even if you think you are a coconut hater, DO NOT leave it out! It adds texture, moisture, and chewiness you do not want to miss.
The other key ingredient? Browned butter. If you have never used browned butter don’t fret – it’s a piece of cake. Seriously. You just melt the butter and then let it cook a little longer until it reaches a deep golden color. Done. So easy. And it adds so much flavor and goodness that you will wonder why you ever made anything with regular melted butter.
The last thing for these blondies that you must add is coarse sea salt. I have been wanting to try it out in my recipes for-e-ver and finally bought some last week. I used it in these butterscotch blondies and my reaction was basically this: Ohmygoshwherehaveyoubeenallmylife!? (dance around the kitchen with a fully cooked blondie in one hand, a half-licked clean beater in the other). So my point is, do it. Do the sea salt. You will not regret it!!
What people are saying about these Oatmeal Butterscotch Blondies
“Have made these twice and they are amazing! We love blondies in our house, and the toasted coconut is such an improvement. Making them tonight for the 3rd time substituting white and dark chips for the butterscotch for a change. Thanks so much! :)” – Janet
“I just made these and they are awesome! They are my new favorite blondie. Nothing else comes close to these… Thanks for a terrific recipe.” – Katie
“I made these yesterday and they are awesome! I haven’t had butterscotch anything for a long time and had forgotten how delicious it is. They are addicting though – there goes the diet!” – Marsha
“These bars were very good! Thank you for a great recipe. We thought the sea salt was a great addition. Lately I love making bars instead of cookies so I’ll be looking at your other bar recipes.” – Jacqueline
Oatmeal Butterscotch Blondies
Ingredients
- ½ cup coconut flakes
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 ½ teaspoons coarse sea salt - divided
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 cups flour
- 1 ½ cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 2 cups butterscotch chips - (found with the white and regular chocolate chips at the grocery store)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Line a 9×13 inch baking dish/pan with nonstick foil and spray with cooking spray.
- Melt butter in a medium sauce pan over medium-high heat. Continue to cook 3-5 minutes until butter becomes a dark amber/golden color, and remove from heat. While butter is browning, add coconut flakes to a medium pan and cook over medium-high heat 3-5 minutes stirring throughout. When the flakes begin to brown, remove from heat. (Careful not to let them burn)
- In a large bowl combine browned butter, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla and mix until smooth. Add toasted coconut flakes and mix again until smooth. In another medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, and oats and whisk to combine. Gradually stir flour mixture into wet ingredients until all ingredients are incorporated. Stir in 1 tablespoon milk to help bring mixture together. Gently stir in butterscotch chips.
- Press mixture into prepared pan and bake for 20-25 minutes until mixture is set and top looks dry. Immediately after removing from the oven, sprinkle with remaining 1/2 teaspoon sea salt. Allow to cool completely before cutting into bars and serving. Store in airtight container.
Mmm, these look good! Pinned!
These look amazing, and your photography is terrific!
Thank you so much Lori! 🙂 🙂
These will be the next thing I bake! Do you use sweetened coconut, unsweetened or does it matter?
Hi Jesse! Most recipes call for unsweetened coconut but I’m gonna be honest, I always use sweetened coconut! Unsweetened coconut is harder to find and usually more expensive. Sweetened coconut always works great for me – so really either one will work in this recipe, it’s all up to you! 🙂
Mmm… butterscotch + oatmeal= Super delicious. I need to make these blondies!
My favorite thing to grill are jalapeno poppers! Jalapenos cut in half, stuffed with cream cheese, and wrapped with bacon. Boom. It’s all kinds of amazing.