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No Bake Cookies

Classic chocolate and peanut butter cookies with instant oats. No oven needed.

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Plate of homemade chocolate peanut butter no bake cookies with visible oats
Prep5 min
Cook10 min
StovetopMedium heat
Good forDessert

My Personal Notes

You can use chunky peanut butter if you prefer a crunchy cookie.

Once the mixture begins to boil, work quickly to add the final ingredients and spoon it out. The mixture hardens very quickly.

You can also spoon it directly into dessert dishes to make serving easy.

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No Bake Cookies

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Makes about 3 dozen cookiesPrep: 5 minCook: 10 minMedium heat

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 tablespoons cocoa
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 3 cups instant oats

Recipe

  1. In a medium saucepan, stir together the butter, milk, vanilla, cocoa, and sugar.
  2. Cook over medium heat until the mixture begins to boil, but not a full rolling boil.
  3. Remove the pan from the heat. Add the peanut butter and stir until melted.
  4. Stir in half of the instant oats until well mixed, then stir in the remaining oats.
  5. Spoon the mixture onto a foil-lined cookie sheet, making the cookies as large or small as you prefer.

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