Creative Counterpart

I hadn’t had these cookies in quite awhile. Mainly because my husband does not like oatmeal, so he won’t eat these cookies; But, I grew up making them with my mom and I still enjoy them today. They are easy peasy and quick. I really wish all cookies could be this simple. If they were, I would make more of my husband’s favorites more often. Don’t be too sad for him, though. He’ll be getting rice krispie treats this week.

Now for the recipe:

INGREDIENTS

• 1 3/4 cups white sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup butter
• 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
• 3 cups quick-cooking oats
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS

1. In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, milk, butter, and cocoa. Bring to a boil, and cook for 1 1/2 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in peanut butter, oats, and vanilla. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto wax paper. Let cool until hardened.

A TIP for those that complained about the texture…it’s all about the boiling time. If you underboil you will get cookies that won’t set, if you overboil, you will get cookies that will crumble and not form at all. This recipe calls for 1 1/2 minutes. My suggestion for the perfect cookie is to time it from a FULL boil and do 1 1/2 minutes from that point.