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No Bake Cookies

From the kitchen of Stacie Pettingill-Owens

Chocolate peanut butter oatmeal cookies boiled on the stove and set without baking.

Added September 29, 2026

Prep
~10 min
Cook
~2 min
Wait
~30 min
Total
~42 min

~ Times are estimates where the original recipe did not say.

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Steps

  1. In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, milk, butter, and cocoa.

  2. Bring to a boil and cook for 1 1/2 minutes.

  3. Remove from heat and stir in the peanut butter, oats, and vanilla.

  4. Dollop onto foil or wax paper.

  5. Let cool until hardened.

Notes & tips

  • The longer you boil, the more the cookies will crumble. The less time boiled, the softer they will be.

You'll need

medium saucepan

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