Classic No Bake Cookies
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Classic No Bake Cookies
Description
This recipe involves mixing sugar, milk, and unsweetened cocoa powder in a saucepan and heating it until it reaches a rolling boil. Butter is melted in the mixture before removing it from heat to stir in peanut butter, vanilla, and old-fashioned oats. The dough is dropped by spoonfuls onto parchment-lined sheets to cool and set. The lack of baking preserves the chewy, slightly fudgy texture of the oats combined with the chocolate and peanut butter flavors.
The rolling boil step ensures the proper thickening and setting of the cookies. Variations in milk types affect richness, and creamy peanut butter gives a smooth consistency. These no bake cookies are convenient when you want a quick chocolaty cookie without heating the oven.
They can be chilled after setting for a firmer texture. The oats provide chewiness and some bite. This classic combination is an easy way to make a tried-and-true chocolate-peanut cookie.
Ingredients
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder unsweetened
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup peanut butter creamy
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups old-fashioned oats
Instructions
- Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats; set aside.
- Whisk the sugar, milk, and unsweetened cocoa powder together in a large saucepan.
- Add the butter, and heat over medium-low heat.
- Bring to a boil, stirring regularly.
- Continue boiling until the mixture reaches a rapid or rolling boil.⁴
- Once the mixture is at a rolling boil, cook for 1 minute, stirring regularly.
- Remove from the heat, and stir in the peanut butter and vanilla.
- Stir in the oats, and mix until all of the oats are fully incorporated.
- Drop by 2 tablespoon scoops onto the prepared baking sheets.
- Let cool to room temperature.
- Then, chill, if desired.
Notes
- Use any milk from skim to whole; it affects richness slightly.
- Regular creamy peanut butter works better than natural for consistency.
- Quick-cooking oats can be substituted if preferred.
- A rolling boil is a rapid boil with many bubbles and is important for cookie texture.
- Nutrition values provided are estimates only.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 26cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 152 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cookie | |
| Calories | 152kcal | 8% |
| Carbohydrates | 21g | 7% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 7g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 9mg | 3% |
| Sodium | 57mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 87mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 14g | 28% |
| Vitamin A | 119IU | 2% |
| Calcium | 15mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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