No-bake Cookies (with peanut butter)

Check the weather when you make these – if it’s too humid they won’t set up. I got this recipe from my grandmother. Makes about 30 cookies.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 2 2/3 cup quick oats
• 1 stick butter or margarine
• 1 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Directions

1. Measure peanut butter and oats, set aside.
2. Melt butter in a large pan. Add sugar, cocoa, milk, and salt. On med-high, stir and cook until it comes to a full rolling boil.
3. Reduce heat to medium and boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
4. Remove from heat and add vanilla and peanut butter. Stir until peanut butter is melted. Stir in oats.
5. Have sheets of waxed paper ready on on a flat surface. Drop by teaspoonfuls.
6. Let stand until firm, about 30 minutes. If for some reason they don’t firm up, they taste just as good eaten with a spoon.

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