no-bake cocoa oatmeal cookies
My grandmother use to make these for us all the time when we were kids. Since I didn't have her recipe I had to find one. This recipe is from Better Homes and Garden cookie book.
prep time
5 Min
cook time
5 Min
method
Stove Top
yield
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 1/4 cup peanut butter
- 2 cups quick cooking oats
How To Make no-bake cocoa oatmeal cookies
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Step 1In a heavy saucepan stir together sugar and cocoa powder. Stir in milk. Add margarine or butter and corn syrup. Bring to boiling, stirring occasionally. Boil vigorously for 3 minutes. Stir peanut butter into mixture in saucepan till smooth. Then stir in rolled oats till well combined. Return mixture to boiling. Remove from heat. Using a wooden spoon, beat mixture till slightly thickened. Immediately drop mixture from a rounded teaspoon on a waxed paper lined cookie sheet. If mixture spreads too much , beat it a little longer. Cool.
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