No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
Servings 16 cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup milk
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa
- 2 cup granulated sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 tsp pure vanilla
- 2 ½-3 cup quick cooking oats [i.e. Quaker]
Instructions
- Melt together the butter, milk, cocoa, granulated sugar and salt. Cook over medium-high stirring constantly until the mixture comes to a boil.
- Lower to medium and continue to cook for 2 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and mix in the peanut butter and vanilla, stir constantly until the peanut butter begins to melt.
- Add 2 cup oats, stir until coated and add additional ½ cup at a time. Work quickly.
- Drop using a Tbsp on wax paper. Cool completely.
Notes
When making this recipe, there can be variables. Humidity, ingredient quality etc. I recommend adding oats until they're fully coated with chocolate as pictured. This may take less than 3 cups total..