No Bake Cookies
These chocolate and peanut butter no bake cookies can be made in less than fifteen minutes with just 7 basic ingredients. No baking skills required, either! If you can run a microwave, you can easily whip out a batch of these no bake cookies.
Equipment
- sauce pan or microwave safe bowl
- Cookie scoop or two spoons
- baking sheet & parchment paper
Ingredients
- 3 cups quick oats or old fashioned oats
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ cup whole milk
- ½ cup peanut butter crunchy or creamy
- ½ cup butter
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan or a large saucepan, bring the sugar, milk, butter and cocoa powder to a low boil over medium heat for one minute. To do this in the microwave, use increments of 60 seconds.
- Microwave on high for a minute, then stir. Microwave for an additional 60 seconds, stir. Continue doing this until the mixture comes to a full rolling boil, and then let it boil for a full 60 seconds.
- Remove the mixture from the heat and stir well. Add in the peanut butter and mix until it disappears into the chocolate peanut butter mixture.
- Pour in the vanilla and add the quick-cooking oats or whatever types of oats you are using, and stir well.
- Let it sit for about a minute to thicken up a bit, then use a small or medium cookie scoop (my favorite is 1 inch). You can also use two spoons to form the cookies if you don't have a scoop.
- Prepare two cookie sheets by lining the cookie sheet with parchment paper or wax paper. Drop the cookies onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving an inch of space between. The cookies may spread out as the set up, depending on how well the sugar was boiled and the weight of the oats.
- Let the no bake chocolate oatmeal cookies set up for about thirty minutes to an hour before transferring to an airtight container.
Notes
HOW TO STORE NO BAKE COOKIES
No bake oatmeal cookies can be stored at room temperature for 3-5 days in an airtight container or ziploc bag. Refrigerating or freezing these cookies permanently changes the texture after they warm back up. You can do it, they just will go from being a 10/10 recipe to maybe a 9/10.TOP TIP FOR MAKING THE BEST NO BAKE COOKIES
Bring the mixture to a rolling boil for exactly one minute. If it boils too long, the cookies will be dry. If it doesn't boil enough, the cookies won't set up and will be very messy to eat.Nutrition
Calories: 173kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 3gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 56mgPotassium: 90mgFiber: 2gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 126IUCalcium: 16mgIron: 1mg
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