I had a craving. I couldn’t find my moms recipe (which was grandmas) so I had no choice but to use a recipe I found in my mother-in-laws church cookbook. I wasn’t thrilled with how these cookies turned out. They were flat and thin (runny batter I suppose) whereas my mothers recipe makes for fat thick cookies. Either way, kiddo and I had fun making them (and eating them). They turned out somewhat pretty on the camera and I was able to freeze some for the next time I had a full-fat chocolate peanut butter craving.
Because I was not sure how natural peanut butter would turn out (mom never used that growing up. Did they even have that when I was a kid? I don’t think so.) I just used plain jane creamy cheapy peanut butter. Hey. Don’t judge. I said these were full on fat junky peanut butter old fashioned church cookbook recipe. I didn’t? Well, it was hidden between the lines. Can’t tell you what cookbook, church, city or all that. Yanno, gotta protect my identity and stuff. However, original recipe credit goes to Joyce Rick. I did make a few modifications to try to bring the calorie count down a little bit. Not calorie friendly, but still not prepackaged. It’s a little bit of a win 😉
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 tbsp cocoa
- 1 stick butter
- ½ skim milk
- 1½ tsp real vanilla
- ½ c peanut butter
- 3 cups oatmeal
- Bring the sugar, cocoa, butter and skim milk to a boil.
- Continue to boil the mixture for 1 and ½ minutes.
- Add real vanilla, peanut butter, and oatmeal to the mixture.
- Cook for 1 minute when it starts to boil. Does not have to be brought to a rolling boil.
- Stir and spoon on to wax paper.
- Cookies will harden as they cool.
- Transfer to refrigerator for quicker set time.
- Best when left overnight.
By the way, YUM eating has gone live. First, you have to check out these silly bloopers from the no-bakes!
Second, in case you missed the post, it was really hard for me to post these videos so I would really appreciate it if you really thought about how sometimes you just can’t see everyone’s battle. The “Roasted Chicken Bloopers Taught Me About Body Image.”
Lasty, here’s me whipping up these bad boys in my kitchen. Enjoy!
Taylor Rios says
November 9, 2013 at 12:52 amOh, wow – these look so yummy!!!!!
chrystal says
November 9, 2013 at 7:56 amThey are not for the impatient that is for sure. They do take a little bit to harden and set. Well worth the wait and worth the splurge.
Tammy Doiel @creativekkids.com says
November 13, 2013 at 2:21 pmI posted my mom’s recipe this summer–it’s almost the same, just a little more peanut butter and cocoa and a little less vanilla.
chrystal says
November 14, 2013 at 8:59 amI can’t make many of these or I will sit around and eat. every. single. one.
Nicole@350Preheat says
November 14, 2013 at 11:20 amI used to have these all the time growing up. This was my dad’s favorite cookie so we had a lot of them. Grandma’s were all flat and kind of runny too.
chrystal says
November 14, 2013 at 4:56 pmI was just talking to my mom about these today. She says the reason hers are so thick and dense is because of the butter she uses. I made some mental notes. I prefer the way my mom makes them.
Wendy says
November 18, 2013 at 8:28 pmUsually, when they come out runny and thin, that means that they didn’t boil long enough! I never cook mine a second time! I make them all the time (well not anymore, diet and that jazz)!
chrystal says
November 19, 2013 at 9:40 amThey weren’t really runny. I use a timer to boil per instructions. In this particular recipe book I used there were 5 different recipes for the same cookies! Gosh! Who knew drop cookies could be made so many different ways.
I’m not sure about the ‘cooking a second time’ part.
I did get my moms recipe and how she makes them just the way I like them. I’ll be making those soon. I can’t make these often because of my own path to weight loss. But with the holidays coming a treat will be in order I am sure!
Jean says
January 2, 2014 at 10:55 amI cant recall ever having no bake cookies like this which is a sham considering my mom was a chef lol. But i do know what my boyfriend will get to make for me sometime this month while I am sleeping
chrystal says
January 2, 2014 at 12:05 pmThere you go! They are so easy to make. I wonder why your mom didn’t make them. When I was younger it seemed like everyone was making them. Now I see them in the stores and laugh. I should have made them when I was younger and marketed them to stores!