No Bake Chocolate Oat Cookies

[charisstoma]

There’s nothing like a good oatmeal cookie. Even better, you won’t need the mixer or oven for this easy dessert recipe. It only takes a few simple ingredients you probably already have and 10 minutes. That’s it. Do up a few batches of these to keep in the freezer. Add peanut butter and some coconut flake to give them some added deliciousness.
Yield: about 50 cookies

Ingredients:

2 cups granulated sugar
8 tbsp. unsalted butter
½ cup cocoa powder
½ cup milk
3 cups quick-cooking oats
1 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Optional Mix-ins:

2/3 cup peanut butter
1 (3 1/2-ounce) can flaked coconut

Preparation:

Bring sugar, butter, cocoa powder, and milk to a boil in a 4-qt. saucepan. Cook until sugar is dissolved and butter is melted, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in oats, walnuts, and vanilla extract. Using a 1-oz. scoop or 2 tablespoons, drop cookies onto a waxed paper-lined baking sheet; chill until firm, about 10 minutes.

Recipe adapted from http://www.saveur.com/article/recipes/no-bake-chocolate-oat-cookies

Comments

[frogs_of_war]

My mom used to make these without the nuts. Sometimes they wouldn't sugar and be translucent and kind of stretchy. And sometimes she'd overcook them and the cookie would crumble between the oats. I didn't like them either way, but as a kid I didn't like cookies, cakes, doughnuts or even granola — anything with grains and sugar.

My waistline wishes I were still so picky.

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

Good to know that it's not as easy as it's purported to be.

Waistlines. We don't talk about waistlines here and especially not when it's about cookies.