Monday, March 2, 2009

Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup margarine
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1/2 cup chunky peanut butter
  • 3 cups quick cooking oats
DIRECTIONS

In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the sugar, cocoa, milk and margarine. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Boil for 1 minute, then remove from heat and stir in the vanilla, salt, peanut butter and oats.
Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto waxed paper. Allow cookies to cool for at least 1 hour. Store in an airtight container.
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3 comments:

Unknown said...

OMG, I love these! We used to have them with our school lunch many, many years ago.

... running to the kitchen to make a batch...

Mary said...

These are my dads favorite and when we were out of Peanut Butter he would and a packet of the instant oatmeal flavored maple syrup and wow! no holiday ever came with out these on the desert table! Thank you for sharing the recipe and the memories,lol!

Unknown said...

I made them, and I hid half of them in my bedroom so they wouldn't all get eatten-up on me.

They came out just like I remembered them! We used to call them "Jane Cookies"... I don't know why... LOL. I lost the recipe years ago, thanks so much for spreading the goodness! :)