Ingredients:
1/4 c. butter
1/2 c. milk
3 Tbsp. cocoa
1/4 tsp. salt
2 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. peanut butter
2 1/2 c. oats (quick or old-fashioned)
1. Combine the butter, milk, cocoa, salt, and sugar in a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook for 1-2 minutes more and then remove from heat.
2. Stir in vanilla, peanut butter, and oats. Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper and allow to set.
Makes about 3 dozen
Notes:
- My personal favorite way to make these is to omit the cocoa from the boiling mixture, and then add in 1/2 cup or so of coconut after the boil. Yum!
- I used to always use quick oats until I experimented with old-fashioned, which I use more often. Quick oats give a bit softer texture, but I like them with the old-fashioned oats better.
- You can pour the mixture into an 8"x 8" pan, sprayed with cooking spray, but it takes a lot longer to set before you can cut it into bars.
- My ten-year-old made this batch and has become quite an expert at the process!
- We like to use a cookie scoop for easy portioning onto the waxed paper.
Source: my mom, but this recipe has been around forever!
I also grew up making (& eating!)these cookies! Its even the same recipe! Sometimes we would throw in other stuff to, cereal, candy, nuts, if we happened to have any. Boy, this brings back memories! I havn't made them in years! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMy family calls them "fudge chews". And my hubby's family calls them "critters". Yummy stuff.
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