Thursday, October 4, 2012

No-Bake Peanut Butter Cookies

These are my husband's absolutely favorite cookie and he calls them "Peanut Butter Things." His Mom made them for him when he was little and making them for him now wins me major brownie points! The recipe makes a lot and I just place them in the refrigerator and pull them out for kids' lunches or a snack. Recipe from my cute Mother-in-law:)

3 cups white sugar
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups peanut butter
4 1/2 cups quick-cooking oats

Line 2 cookie sheets with waxed paper and set aside. Combine sugar, butter and milk in a saucepan and bring to a rapid boil over medium heat. Boil, stirring constantly for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and peanut butter. Mix in the oats, stirring until the mixture begins to cool. (Transfer to a large bowl first if it doesn't fit into the saucepan.) Drop batter with a cookie scoop onto prepared cookie sheets. Let cool or refrigerate until set. Store in refrigerator until serving. Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

4 comments:

Natalie said...

Made these today and loved them. Love that they are flour less and are so quick to make. Thanks for sharing!

The6ofusinca said...

We found a pack of Peanut Bitter no bake cookies at Walmart and my husband almost ate them all before we got home. ;) One thing I wanted to do was make a batch but without all the other additives for the shelf life, I wanted to make them, and watch them get gobble up! I was so lucky to find your recipe in my search! These are perfect! For some reason I can't seem to do that hard boil, soft boil, kinda candy stage boiling so I was pretty scared they were not going to set up. I set my timer for a minute and they turned out perfect! My family has gobbled them up and yes they make a lot but today, the day after I made them, we have three left!! Good stuff!!! Thank you for sharing this recipe that I will now keep in my sweets arsenal!!!
xoxoxo
Jen

The6ofusinca said...

We found a pack of Peanut Bitter no bake cookies at Walmart and my husband almost ate them all before we got home. ;) One thing I wanted to do was make a batch but without all the other additives for the shelf life, I wanted to make them, and watch them get gobble up! I was so lucky to find your recipe in my search! These are perfect! For some reason I can't seem to do that hard boil, soft boil, kinda candy stage boiling so I was pretty scared they were not going to set up. I set my timer for a minute and they turned out perfect! My family has gobbled them up and yes they make a lot but today, the day after I made them, we have three left!! Good stuff!!! Thank you for sharing this recipe that I will now keep in my sweets arsenal!!!
xoxoxo
Jen

Alli grins said...

SO glad you liked these, Jen! Thanks for taking the time to post your sweet comment:)

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