I like to cook. If I have the right ingredients, I would rather stay at home and make dinner than eat out. (Clean-up is an entirely different matter. I’m still waiting for kitchen elves to take care of my culinary messes.)
While I can control what goes into a savory entrée – adding more fresh veggies, cutting back on fat, using leaner cuts of meat – baking is proving to be my dietary downfall. I can whip up a batch of homemade cookies or a cobbler like nobody’s business.
During the summer, heating up the kitchen to satisfy my sweet tooth isn’t very appealing. Instead, when I crave something sweet, something chocolatey, I can make a couple dozen no-bake cookies and I’m a happy camper. That is if I can hoard a few for myself before The Boy eats them all.
These are easy to make, enough so that with some supervision, kids could help with the prep. You probably already have all the necessary ingredients.
No-bake Chocolate Cookies
2 cups sugar
4 tablespoons cocoa
½ cup milk
½ cup butter
½ cup peanut butter
3 cups rolled oats, uncooked
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Place a piece of waxpaper on a cookie sheet. Combine sugar, butter, milk, and cocoa in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a rolling boil.
Continue to cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; cool 1 minute. Add peanut butter, stir to blend. Add oats and vanilla; stir to mix well.
Quickly drop mixture by heaping tablespoons onto wax paper. Cool completely. Store in cool dry place. (Makes approx. 24 cookies)
If you want really decadent cookies, substitute Nutella for the peanut butter.
*Day 3 – 30 Days of Shamelessness: Eat. Whatever you feel like eating.
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Tara, didn’t know it was okay to eat oats uncooked. 😀 But I am going to try this. I am a Huge Fan of no-bake recipes.
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Over the years cooking has been alternatively revered & reviled by me. But I am good now, & no-bake is even better. ~Mary
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OMG. I wonder if I could figure out a way to make a sugar free version? These are my favorite cookies 😦
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The no bake cookies are sinful! My father in law makes alot every Christmas! Yummy!
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My dad makes those. He’s kind of legen….dary for them. He uses peanut butter.
They’re awesome. I usually eat two to three dozen at Christmas.
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No bake? Now we’re cooking! Oh yeah! Never heard of that recipe before. THanks a bunch for sharing!
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I love these kinds of cookies, but I could easily eat the whole 2 dozen in one sitting. Sigh.
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Think to try this recipe 🙂 looks yummy 🙂 I think kids will like it
Yulia
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I like to cook, and do it pretty well. But desserts are not my favorite things to make. I’m more of a savory gal that a sweet one. One Christmas, though, the Cookie Elf (and no, not the Keebler one) took over my body. I baked cookies, all sorts of cookies, for days and days. And more days. I ended up with dozens and dozens of cookies. And then I never had another attack by the Cookie Elf again. I think I wore the poor fellow out.
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Holy Hell. Nutella!? I am not peanut butter crazy, but love Nutella, I am going to have to try this!
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