NO BAKE CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES Recipes and Hints

When I was young, I started making the No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies.  My paternal grandmother made these yummy cookies for the family reunions.  They were in huge hit by everyone.  She would have to stash some away so that they were not consumed all at once and when everyone thought that the No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies were gone, she drag out the stash, only to see big smiles yet on all our faces.

In 1979 , sadly, my grandmother passed away and I was blessed to receive her recipe.  So I started making them for the family reunions.  Like my grandmother, I found that I had to put a stash away for a later time in the day, too.  This way, they would be spread out for the group to enjoy throughout the day.  Since that time, I’ve been requested to make them for many different gatherings 

Is my recipe is special?  No.  Does it have anything different in my No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies that is not in other recipes?  No, not really, but I do have a few helpful tips that can help you to make good No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies. 

The recipe is forthcoming, but first, read these helpful hints:

1.        Don’t double the recipe.  It work for me to double the recipe, because of the formula of the ingredients and the amount of heat and boiling that it requires.  If more than one batch is your need, simply make them individually. 

2.      Use the timer.  The recipe calls to bring the ingredients to a boil.  Be sure to bring it to a complete boil,  then start the timer for one minute.  Do not over cook or under cook the cookies.  Over cooking the cookies will result in crumbly, dry cookies.  Under cooking the cookies will provide you with a runny mess. 

3.       Let Stand for One (1) Minute:  I let my cookies stand for about one minute before dropping them on the wax paper.  This gives it a little cooling time and will not drip as much. 

4.       Shape them for appeal.    After dropping them by spoonful on the wax paper, I take a fork, dipped in cool water, and press them around the sides shape them to a round appearance and eliminate the rough oatmeal edges that tend to spread.  I also press the top lightly to flatten slightly, getting rid of the “high-top”.  Continue to dip the fork in cool water often to keep it from sticking to the cookies.

5.       Loosen the wax paper from the countertop.    After the No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies have hardened (hours later), remove them from the wax paper more easily, by lifting the wax paper off the counter or table top first.  Then they will easily peel from the wax paper.

6.       Store in air tight container.   To prevent the cookies from drying out, keep them in an airtight plastic storage container.  Keeping them on a plate with plastic wrap will work, but a container that is air tight  would be better. 

The recipe for No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies that I make follows:

1 stick of margarine

2 cups of sugar
½ cup of milk

    Combine in a sauce pan, cook ingredients and bring to a boil.  Once the margarine is completely melted and the sauce comes to a hard boil, boil it for one minute, stirring occasionally. 

Add :

½ cup of peanut butter

Once melted, add:

4 tablespoons of cocoa

1 teaspoon of vanilla

 Mix well and add

3 cups of 1-minute oatmeal.

 Stir well.  Let stand and then drop by teaspoons on wax paper.  Yields approximately 42 cookies

Enjoy.

 
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