Don't let the picture fool you -- these are for sure the most ugly cookies ever, but the taste is out of this world! The best part is they are no-bake cookies. The original recipe says to just let them cool on wax paper, but I'm partial to eating them straight out of the freezer. They freeze to just the right chewiness and they are sooo good.
I got this recipe from a friend many years back and have since changed it around to my preferences -- Hershey's Special Dark cocoa, please! :>
Cocoa peanut butter oat cookies
- 1.5 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 stick butter
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 4 heaping tbsp. DARK cocoa powder (please use dark! I used Hershey's brand)
- 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter (you can also use creamy and just add some peanuts. Or stick with creamy and skip the crunchy stuff altogether)
- 2 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
Melt butter, sugar and cocoa. Boil and stir for 1 minute, then remove from heat and stir in peanut butter and vanilla. Stir in milk, then finally the oatmeal. Use a cookie scoop or spoon to scoop mixture onto wax paper, then freeze (or let cool at room temp) until firm (this step goes quickly).
Yay, thanks for sharing! I've always wanted to make these. The picture actually makes them look a lot nicer, by the way ;-)
ReplyDeleteThese would make great 'coal for Christmas' cookie gifts.
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love it.