no bake chocolate oatmeal cookies recipe

This is from way back in October 13, 2011, but a kind reader from New Zealand (hi, Susan!) sent me an email message asking for the recipe. Those of you who follow my facebook page, Moo Said the Mama's Urban Homestead, have already seen these but blog followers who don't use facebook haven't. I didn't want to duplicate posts too much, but Susan helped me realize that followers who don't use facebook still need to have these posts. :)



I was inspired by Pinterest this morning to make some No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal cookies.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
4 Tbsp cocoa
1/2 cup peanut butter
3-1/2 cups oats
2 tsp. vanilla

Combine butter, sugar, milk, and cocoa in a heavy saucepan. Heat to boiling and boil for one minute. Remove from heat. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.

Drop by teaspoonfuls onto baking sheets lined with waxed paper. Let cool.

We use natural organic peanut butter in our household so they're a bit looser than the pictures on the Moore's blog, but still VERY tasty!