Community Pick
Instant Oats No Bake Cookies
photo by dougslady716
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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30 cookies
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 1⁄4 cup cocoa
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 cup peanut butter
- 3 cups Quicker Quaker Oats (INSTANT OATS)
directions
- Bring butter, sugar, cocoa, and milk to a hard boil over low heat, stirring constantly in a heavy sauce pan.
- Boil for just over 1 minute. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla extract and peanut butter until all is melted.
- Add oats.
- Work quickly dropping by spoonfuls onto wax paper.
- Let sit until hard.
- If the cookies are too dry, try boiling for less time or adding less oats.
- If they are too runny boil longer or add more oats.
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Reviews
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I made this so many times growing up that I no longer need to look at the recipe, because I have it memorized! Who can wait for them to cool!!! Our favorite time to eat them is while they are warm. We add the butter with the peanut butter and vanilla and only cook to a soft ball. Also, I like to mix the cocoa and sugar together before adding the milk... fewer lumps to break up. :)
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Tweaks
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Wow -- these are so easy and so good! I used 1/2 cup coconut and 2 cups of oats, increased the cocoa to 1/3 cup, and used 1 cup of brown sugar in place of the 2 cups of white sugar. I spread the "dough" onto a foil-lined baking pan rather than dropping it by tablespoons. I also used Crisco in place of the butter, but I wouldn't recommend it because the cookies never "set" -- they were still gooey after a while in the refrigerator. PS. These are great with crushed banana chips or crushed pretzels mixed in with the oats!
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I loved the simplicity and speed of this recipe and my seven year old daughter really enjoyed making them with me, however i did find texture slightly odd and not really to my liking as i seem to be left with a mouthful of oatmeal after eating the cookie, maybe there is a difference between US and UK oatmeal? I found the peanut butter taste a bit over-powering too but that is probably my personal taste. I will be trying this recipe again but think i will do some major substitutions, probably chopped nuts for the peanut butter and maybe crushed digestives or another type of cereal for the oatmeal.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Sara C
Seymour, IN
Amounts of ingredients in my recipes are not exact. I do not usually measure anything. Also, when I use spices I throw in whatever may be in the cabinet at the time. Remember, most of the best recipes came from experiments and substitutions.