Mom's No Bake Cookies

This is the best recipe for no bake cookies I have ever tried. It's great with or without the nuts and coconut!

"I made these quick and easy cookies with my nieces. They turned out wonderfully and were ready to eat in about an hour. The girls followed the recipe as written but did omit the optional nuts and coconut. Also, after dropping them onto the wax paper lined sheets, they used the back of a spoon to smooth the mounds out a bit, flattening them into more of a cookie shape (see photo). The girls loved them!" - sgrishka

Yield: 3 Ready in 1 hours

Cuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: Cookies

(4.3, 59) 81% would make again (reviews)

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Original recipe makes 3

2 cupsSugar

8 tablespoonButter

1/2 cupmilk

1/4 cupUnsweetened Cocoa

1/2 cupPeanut butter

1 teaspoonVanilla

1 pinchSalt

1/2 cupNuts; chopped ( if desired)

1/2 cupCoconut; ( if desired)

3 cupsQuick Oats

Mom's No Bake Cookies Preparation

In large saucepan, combine sugar, butter, milk and cocoa. Heat, stirring frequently until boiling. Boil 1-2 minutes; remove from heat and cool 1 minute. Stir in peanut butter, vanilla & salt and mix well. Add oatmeal (and nuts/coconut if desired). Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper and let cool until it hardens.

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Milk and cookies. Always a delicious combination. - stevemur

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Calories Per Serving: 3008
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	Its a really easy recipe to make, a no brainer if you need something quick. I put them in the fridge to speed up the hardening time. Aimeelady 1 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 21 hours, 55 minutes ago
	Made this with my little ones tonight - fun and delicious! JennD107 1 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 18 hours, 23 minutes ago
	We all love these! I use Nesquik cocoa, crunchy peanut butter, and 1 cup of coconut. Perfect! marcieschlecht 2 months, 17 hours, 51 minutes ago
	Best cookies out there. ejpeoples 3 months, 2 weeks, 5 days, 22 hours, 19 minutes ago
	This was my first attempt to make these and they turned out perfect! I left out the coconut and nuts though:) thanks for a wonderful recipe! laceyclendening 3 months, 2 weeks, 6 days, 11 hours, 7 minutes ago
	They were very good sandyk922 4 months, 2 hours, 33 minutes ago
	They were good Kym1 4 months, 2 weeks, 1 days, 22 hours, 40 minutes ago
	rocangel1 4 months, 4 weeks, 1 days, 18 hours, 57 minutes ago
	are these supposed to come out chewy? nessal1711 5 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 15 hours, 52 minutes ago
	rlglidden 5 months, 2 weeks, 6 days, 20 hours, ago
	misty13 5 months, 3 weeks, 17 hours, 22 minutes ago
	Ilovemel 6 months, 23 hours, 19 minutes ago
	tracieblankenshipredisi 6 months, 1 weeks, 4 days, 2 hours, 49 minutes ago
	heatherhelgestad 6 months, 2 weeks, 5 days, 2 hours, 1 minutes ago
	4iedgiraffe 6 months, 3 weeks, 4 days, 18 hours, 49 minutes ago
	Awesome cookies, came out wonderful! jordanhale 6 months, 3 weeks, 6 days, 22 hours, 3 minutes ago
	marybanks 8 months, 1 weeks, 4 days, 12 hours, 43 minutes ago
	Make these all the time for my mom :) blondie67851 9 months, 2 weeks, 1 days, 14 hours, 4 minutes ago
	Anyway to make this without the peanut butter? Would Carmel or someother ingredient work? margaritaruiz 9 months, 4 weeks, 18 hours, 50 minutes ago
	Very good! Used 1cup sugar, 5 Tbl. Butter and increased the cocoa a bit...so good the family was eating them right out of the pan! Will definately make again as these were quick and easy heatherburnhamgaffney 9 months, 4 weeks, 1 days, 18 hours, 25 minutes ago