No Bake Cookies

 No bake cookies

2 cups sugar

¼ cup butter

3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

½ cup milk

1/3 cup peanut butter

1 ½ teaspoon vanilla

3 cups instant rolled oats

Line 2 baking sheets or the counter with waxed paper.

In a saucepan, combine the sugar, butter, milk, and cocoa powder and bring to a simmer over low heat, stirring until smooth. Simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and beat in the peanut butter and vanilla. Gradually blend in the oats. 

Drop the dough by a spoonful 1 inch apart onto the prepared baking sheets. You may flatten the cookies with the bottom of a glass dipped in water and then in sugar. This part I usually bypass.