I made a trip to one of my favorite stores in Brooklyn, Sahadi's last week and stocked up on all sorts of bulk ingredients. One of my favorite finds was this amazing cocoa powder that's dark and rich and really puts the canned cocoa powder I've been using to shame. With over a pound sitting on the counter, I couldn't resist the urge to make something with it, so I looked through a few books until I found the perfect recipe, no bake cookies.
No bake cookies are one of my favorites sweet treast because they're so easy to make. It doesn't hurt that they not only have chocolate, but peanut butter as well. In less than a half hour my cocoa had been tranformed into a little cookie that really hit the spot.
No-Bake Cookies
makes about 2 dozen
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup cocoa
pinch of salt
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup butter
3 cups oatmeal
1
Combine sugar, cocoa, milk and butter in a large saucepan over medium heat.
2
Cook until the mixture starts to boil and cook for 1 minute.
3
Add vanilla, salt, peanut butter and oatmeal and quickly stir until combined.
4
Drop teaspoons onto parchment paper and let cool.
no bake cookies
I made a trip to one of my favorite stores in Brooklyn, Sahadi's last week and stocked up on all sorts of bulk ingredients. One of my favorite finds was this amazing cocoa powder that's dark and rich and really puts the canned cocoa powder I've been using to shame. With over a pound sitting on the counter, I couldn't resist the urge to make something with it, so I looked through a few books until I found the perfect recipe, no bake cookies.
No bake cookies are one of my favorites sweet treast because they're so easy to make. It doesn't hurt that they not only have chocolate, but peanut butter as well. In less than a half hour my cocoa had been tranformed into a little cookie that really hit the spot.
No-Bake Cookies
makes about 2 dozen
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup cocoa
pinch of salt
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup butter
3 cups oatmeal
1
Combine sugar, cocoa, milk and butter in a large saucepan over medium heat.
2
Cook until the mixture starts to boil and cook for 1 minute.
3
Add vanilla, salt, peanut butter and oatmeal and quickly stir until combined.
4
Drop teaspoons onto parchment paper and let cool.
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October 14th, 2008 at 10:56 am
What type of oatmeal do you suggest?
Thanks a bunch — they look yummy!
October 15th, 2008 at 8:57 am
Yum! I love Sahadis. What was the brand of cocoa that you got?
October 15th, 2008 at 11:09 am
I love no-bake cookies and yours look great. I linked to them in my first blog post – today! What is the brand of cocoa you used?
October 15th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
These look super yummy! I love no bake cookies!
October 15th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
your no bake cookies look awesome-kudos for adding the peanut butter!I love making these-they’re especially perfect for me being a college student!
October 15th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Judy – I just used instant oatmeal, but whatever you have on hand will probably work just fine.
Maggie & Karen, The cocoa is bulk cocoa that didn’t have a name on it, but it’s luxuriously dark (and only $3.50/lb!!)
I started making these in college and I think they’re a perfect college cookie, easy to make, easier to eat.
October 16th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
it also works well if you just dump the mix onto a cake pan if you don’t have the time or the parchment paper.
my favorite cookie recipe by far though. thanks for spreading the goodness!
October 17th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I love no bake cookies. They are the easiest thing to bring to an office party. I sometimes make them with soy nut butter for those that can’t eat peanuts.
October 18th, 2008 at 12:11 am
Made these tonight and my kids and myself loved them. Very soft and chewy. AWESOME!
Thanks for posting this.
October 19th, 2008 at 9:08 am
I LOVE no bake cookies!!
October 19th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
This is one OLD recipe! My grandmother used to make these in the Great Depression. As a child I remember going to her house and she either had these “Skillet Cookies” or the peanut butter/Corn Syrup/Corn Flakes cookies.
I find these cook up best with a nice cast iron skillet and removing the skillet from the burner to stop the cooking process.
Great Job!!
October 19th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Will some one PLEASE remove this guys post from in here.. This sounds like he escaped from some where and needs help to get back IN.
Conspiracy.. sheesh!
October 20th, 2008 at 2:16 am
mmmm I love these! My grandma calls them Spider Cookies.
October 20th, 2008 at 7:50 am
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October 20th, 2008 at 8:33 am
These are my FAVORITE cookies. Thanks for sharing
October 20th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Have enjoyed these for many years. Use the one minute oats, but the old fashioned will work in a pinch…just a little different texture. One of the best.
October 20th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
These look so good..I can just taste them!
October 20th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
I swear, these are the easiest and tastiest cookies to make, like, omigod, EVAR. I bring them to work and my co-workers are literally agog at how awesome they are and how hard I worked… at first I tried to explain, “no, this is the easiest thing in the world, seriously”, but now I just bask in the glory.
October 21st, 2008 at 9:48 am
I’ve made these since childhood, but your recipe calls for less butter. I am happy to find a more healthful recipe like this. Thank you.
October 21st, 2008 at 8:43 pm
I love these as well…I just made em and waiting to let em cool so I can give my 16 month old Great Grandson one. We have always called them Raggity-Robbins.
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:15 pm
I can just imagine the lovely cunch eating those! They look delicious! I love the header on your blog. I will never forget the name after seeing that! Job done on marketing! The recipe looks extremly straight forward aswell!
November 5th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
>>Ann October 21st, 2008 8:43 pm
I love these as well…I just made em and waiting to let em cool so I can give my 16 month old Great Grandson one. We have always called them Raggity-Robbins.<<
Dear Ann, please wait until your great grandson is over the age of 2 to give him peanut butter!! You don’t want to risk an allergic reaction. (We went through that with our daughter years ago…) Thanks for listening.
November 24th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
They look so yummy! I love how fast and easy they are. When that craving hits you can satisfy it real fast!
November 25th, 2008 at 9:51 am
I tried it today! Thank you
The cookies are rather yummy 
December 30th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
I have made these but I throw in a cup of coconut and skip the peanut butter. They are hazardous because I always burn my mouth, so I put mine in the freezer to cool. I also drop them into buttered muffin tins or use muffin papers to keep them from sticking to your fingers. YUM
January 9th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
I tried a different recipe with no success. This one worked perfectly. Many thanks – these are among my favorite cookies.
February 26th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Ah, the classic no bake recipe. This was one of the first things I made when I was a kid. I would make it twice a week at least.
March 9th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Delicious! When I first used this recipe I found they were a little too gooey to be practical, and took hours to dry, but boiling them about 20 seconds longer firms them right up. Thank you so much!
March 28th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Do you really need 3 cups of oatmeal? I only have about 2 cups but I am CRAVING no bake cookies!
and I don’t have enough money for oatmeal..
Someone please reply.
Thanks in advance.
:]
March 28th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Sarah,
you can cut the recipe in half.
good luck
April 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
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June 9th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
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July 2nd, 2009 at 7:34 am
Made a batch of these last week and they didn’t last ten minutes, everyone loved them.
July 6th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
love this classic recipe. I can’t wait to try it with coconut, but I would like to suggest you don’t really need parchment paper as these are “no bake” cookies. If you’ve got it in your cupboard fine, but in my experience you could use any old surface that is clean and won’t impart it’s flavor into your cookies. A baking sheet, a strip of aluminium foil, a counter top, your clean linolium floor – all will do fine.
January 19th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
When my son was in the Navy (1991) this is one of many things I could make and send to him. He and his shiipmates really liked
them. That Quakers is in these makes them just that much better.
This is ALWAYS one you have to have the recipie on hand for
friends when you serve them.
You’ll never be able to make enough of them….they go so fast!
April 6th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
You’ll never be able to make enough of them….they go so fast!
April 19th, 2010 at 2:17 am
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May 4th, 2010 at 3:20 am
nice article, sweet pictures
cheers