No Bake Cookies

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 stick butter
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 3 tbsp cocoa powder
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 tbsp vanilla
• Dash of salt
• 3 cups old-fashioned oats or quick-cooking oats *see above note on cooking time*

Instructions

• 1 Measure out peanut butter, vanilla, salt, and oats before doing anything else.
  Can place in a large bowl together or just leave in measuring cups to prepare
  for later. Also, place at least 3 feet of waxed paper or parchment paper on a
  hard surface such as a counter or table so the cookies will have a safe place to
  harden after being boiled. Doing both of these things will help save you the
  hassle later.
• 2 In a large sauce pan over medium heat, start to melt the butter. Add in milk,
  cocoa powder, and sugar WHEN butter is about halfway melted. Keep stirring this
  sugar mixture constantly or else it could burn.
• 3 When the mixture STARTS to boil(do not wait for a full rolling boil), set a
  timer for 2 minutes if using old fashioned oats, and 1 minute if using quick
  oats. Let it boil as you stir during those 1 or 2 minutes. As soon as the timer
  goes off, IMMEDIATELY shut the burner off and remove the pot from heat. Stir in
  the remaining ingredients (the ones you prepped in step one) quickly.
• 4 Using a spoon and a spatula, scoop tablespoon sized cookies out onto the waxed
  paper you got out in step 1. Repeat until no more batter is left. These No Bake
  Cookies usually harden in about an hour and will be ready to eat when cooled and
  hard.

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