Annual Christmas Baking Extravaganza

Every Christmas, my mom and I get together and bake ALL day!  We make so many cookies and treats. It's tradition in our family to bake cookies for our husbands to take to work. My grandma did it, my mom did it, and now it's my turn. Here's all we made:

• Brownie covered Oreos
• Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies
• Peanut Butter Bacon Cookies
• Toffee Crackle Cookies
• Snickerdoodles
• Hot Cocoa Cookies
• Twix Blondies
• Pretzel ToffeeBark
• Candy Coated Pretzels
• Cake Batter Bark
• Peppermint Bark
• Peanut Brittle

Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies
This was my mom's recipe. We've made this so much growing up and I've always loved it, especially with the butterscotch chips.

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 package (4 serving size) JELL-O Brand Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding
• 2 eggs
• 3 1/2 cups quick cooking rolled oats
• 1 cup butterscotch chips

Directions

1. Mix flour with baking soda.
2. Combine butter, the sugars, and pudding mix in large mixer bowl; beat until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs. Gradually add flour micture; then stir in oats and butterscotch chips. (Batter will be stiff.) 
3. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets about 2 inches apart. Bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes. Makes about 5 dozen.