I know I've been quiet around here. Life has been really busy though and I haven't had a lot of time for blogging. I barely feel like turning my computer on after working all day….and a lot of the time I don't! Most of my Facebook communication comes from using my iPhone, and even that has become sparse lately. Suffice it to say, we are still in the midst of a lot of things here and hopefully all will calm down soon.
I happened to be home this afternoon because I had some work done at the hospital that made me unable to "operate heavy equipment". I guess that means driving my car. 😉 It sure didn't mean I couldn't make something yummy today though! I have been thinking about my chocolate coconut no bake cookies for a while now. It has been a long time since I have made them. It's more like candy than cookie, though, and when I do make them, it is really hard to leave them be.
Then I started thinking about the no bake cookies we buy back at home from Cindy's Cake Shop. Grumpy loves the Peanut Butter No Bakes - with no chocolate whatsoever in them. They are pretty darn good, and I decided that I needed to try my hand at making some of these. I make them smaller - I use my small cookie scoop to spoon them out onto the wax paper. Smaller is better when you are eating a concentrated amount of sugar in my opinion. What I love about these is they taste so much like peanut butter fudge on a health kick.
The healthy whole oats make me feel a lot better about downing more than one of these. The peanut butter flavor is great with a whole cup of peanut butter in the mixture. These will be a small treat for Grumpy's lunch box this week. Oh heck, they will probably make it into mine too!
More Peanut Butter Recipes
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Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes
Chewy Peanut Butter Layer Bars
Peanut Butter and Jelly Monkey Bread
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Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- ½ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups whole oats
Instructions
- In a large saucepan over medium high heat, stir together the sugar, butter, milk, and salt until combined.
- Bring the milk mixture to low boil and cook until the temperature reads 230°F (soft boil stage), turning the heat down to medium if the mixture boils to high.
- Immediately remove the syrup from heat an add the peanut butter and vanilla. Stir until almost smooth.
- Add the oats and quickly scoop and drop tablespoonfuls of the peanut butter cookie mixture onto waxed paper. Cool completely.
- Store the cookies in an airtight container.
Aiming4Simple
What a great recipe for summer! No A/C in my house, so I'm all for no-bake cookies!
Jeff @ Cheeseburger
This is an excellent no bake cookie recipe. It looks very delicious!
Coleens Recipes
These look delicious!!
Amy
These look great! I'm a new reader to your blog, baking your coconut cranberry and white chocolate chip muffins as I type. There are so many fantastic recipes that I can't wait to try! 🙂
teresa
these are so great for summer since i don't have to heat up my house. they look great!
Pegasuslegend
I love what's in them will diffinitely try them my son Curt will love these... did I tell you he started his own blog? So proud of him 🙂
honeyb
I love that these are no bake and will have to try them---soon!