No-Bake Cookie Recipe (aka Boiled Cookies)

No-bake cookies. Boiled cookies. Drop cookies. Sometimes my family called these doo-doo cookies! What did yours call them? No matter the cookie slang, we can all call this no-bake cookie recipe delicious! These quick cookies are made in a pot with just seven ingredients that you probably already have on hand. You may need to buy some quick-cooking oats, but cocoa powder, sugar, milk and vanilla flavor are in most folks pantry. They make the perfect after-school snack when the kids walk through the door and raid the pantry. Surely that’s not just my kids?

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Boiled Cookie Recipe (aka No-Bake Cookies)

A quick chocolate oatmeal cookie made by boiling instead of baking!

Course Cookies, Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword boiled cookie, chocolate, cocoa powder, cookies, kids, no-bake cookie, oatmeal

Cook Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 18 cookies

Author Beth

Ingredients

• 1 stick butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder (unsweetened)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
• 3 cups quick oats (you can use old-fashioned oats but they will be chewier)

Instructions

• Melt stick of butter in large saucepan over medium heat.
• Add sugar, milk and unsweetened cocoa powder. Continue stirring constantly over med-high heat until mixture comes to a rolling boil.
• Once it's boiling, stop stirring and let it boil, untouched for 60 seconds.
• Turn off heat and add peanut butter and teaspoonfuls of vanilla extract.
• Stir in oats until completely incorporated.
• Use a spoon or cookie scoop to drop cookies onto parchment paper or waxed paper. (I actually used a 1/3 measuring cup for bigger, more equal-sized cookies.)
• Let cool completely and serve!

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You can store these in an airtight container for up to a week (if they last that long!)

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School starts soon, and those kids are gonna be ravenous when they walk through the door.

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