So, the other night, after reading a post about these cookies on Homeschool Reviews, I was craving these cookies. Lots of people call them No Bake Cookies, but growing up, we knew them as Boiled Cookies, because, well, you boil them on the stove. In a way you do cook them, so you can't call them no bake cookies. Great to make duringthe hot summer months.

Boiled Cookies

2 cups white sugar

3-5 tbs unsweetened cocoa powder (add more or less to your taste)

½ cup butter (never ever use margarine)

½ cup milk

1 pinch of salt

3 cups quick cooking oats

½ cup peanut butter (creamy or chunky)

1 tsp vanilla extract

1.      In a saucepan, bring sugar, cocoa, butter, milk, and salt to a rapid boil. Make sure that it is boiling for 1 minute (from start of the rapid boil not from the very start). 

2.    Add peanut butter and stir until mostly melted. Take off heat and add vanilla and oats, mix well. 

3.    Working quickly, drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper and let cool.