No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

from melissassouthernstylekitchen.com
Candy
140 min
16 servings
250 kcal / serving

Ingredients

  • ½ cupbutter
  • ½ cupmilk
  • ¼ cupunsweetened cocoa
  • 2 cupgranulated sugar
  • ¼ tspsalt
  • ½ cupcreamy peanut butter
  • 1 tsppure vanilla
  • 2 ½ cupquick cooking oats [i.e. quaker

Directions

  1. 1

    In a heavy bottomed saucepan melt together the butter, milk, cocoa, granulated sugar and salt. Cook over medium-high stirring constantly until the mixture comes to a boil.

  2. 2

    Lower to medium and continue to cook for 2 minutes.

  3. 3

    Remove from the heat and mix in the peanut butter and vanilla stirring constantly until the peanut butter begins to melt.

  4. 4

    Add 2 cup oats. Stir until coated then add additional 1/2 cup at a time. Work quickly.

  5. 5

    Drop using a small scoop or a tablespoon onto a wax paper lined sheet pan. Cool completely.