This is just to prove that all of this “cooking” is not just baking. Here is a no-bake cookie recipe. It’s a bit more finicky than regular cookies but the recipe is still pretty simple and a beginner could pull them off fine. The recipe is floating around a lot of places but I got mine from Cooks.com.

First off put the sugar, butter, vanilla, and cocoa powder in a medium/large saucepan. I put in a little extra cocoa powder, I don’t think the called for amount does it!
Ingredients in pan

While that is heating, measure out the oatmeal and peanut butter into a separate bowl. It’s important to have this ready when the mixture is finished cooking.
Peanut Butter and Oats Premeasured

Boil for ONE minute. Too long and they’ll be crumbly, too short and they’ll never set. This is the somewhat difficult part of the operation. Not impossible. I did overboil these though, and they were a little more crumbly than I like them.
Melted, Not Boiling Yet

Since I didn’t have waxed paper I used some parchment paper we happened to have around and oiled it just a bit. I have made them on greased cookie sheets but I think they can be hard to get off the pan.
Finished! Just eat 'em up now.

The Recipe
The recipe, straight from the site itself. I looked for the recipe online to link to it (at cooks.com) but I can’t seem to find the same one. The other one has the butter cut in half, so it is possible to reduce the fat content.

Posted by Bonnie under food, recipe