Try This! Thursday - Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies

When I was a kid, my Mom had this great idea for my brother and I to cook supper one night a week for the entire family. I would cook supper on a Monday night...and my brother would cook supper on a Wednesday night. The arrangement didn't last too long, because I'm assuming it was more trouble to have two kids making a mess in the kitchen, than if she would have just cooked herself. Anyway, we had to make a main dish, side dish, and dessert. I picked No Bake Cookies as my dessert one night, and I've been making them ever since! I don't know why my No Bake Cookies are different from everyone else's, but evidently they are. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I don't measure out my peanut butter (I love peanut butter), and most of the time I leave out the vanilla extract (I hate the way it smells). Either way, they are super easy to make. You have got to Try This!

Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies


Ingredients:
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 stick butter
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 3 cups oatmeal
- Waxed paper

Directions:
- In a heavy saucepan bring to a boil, the sugar, cocoa, butter and milk.
- Let boil for 1 minute then add peanut butter, vanilla and oatmeal.
- On a sheet of waxed paper, drop mixture by the teaspoonfuls, until cooled and hardened.


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