Ingredients
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- 1/2 cup butter, cut into pieces
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups rolled or quick cooking oats, For courser texture, use rolled. For less course and more chewy, use quick cooking
Instructions
- Place the butter, sugar, milk, and unsweetened cocoa powder in a saucepan and heat over medium heat.
- Stir often until the butter is melted and all ingredients are combined.
- Bring the mixture to a boil and allow to boil for 60 seconds (please watch the time…timing is important) stirring occasionally. In fact, set a timer!
- Remove saucepan from heat.
- Stir in peanut butter and vanilla extract until fully combined.
- Stir in oats and mix until all of the oats are coated with the mixture.
- Drop spoonfuls of mixture onto parchment paper.
- Cool cookies completely before serving or storing. Cookies gently harden as they cool.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Inactive Time: 0 hours
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 grams
- Unsaturated Fat: 0