An oatmeal cookie studded with butterscotch chips, best known from the Nestlé Toll House "Oatmeal Scotchies" recipe.
The name comes from the butterscotch ("scotch") chips baked into the dough, not from Scotland or Scotch whisky — it's an American recipe with no direct link to Scottish baking. The dough typically combines rolled oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter with butterscotch chips folded in, producing cookies with crisp edges and chewy, spiced centers. Some bakers substitute or add chocolate chips, nuts, or dried fruit, but the butterscotch chips are the defining ingredient. Scotchies are a home-baking staple in the United States rather than a bakery or restaurant item.