Healthier No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

By cprzybyl

This is a healthier version of the no-bake cookies we all know and love. Lots of cocoa, more oatmeal (we use regular instead of the quick-cook kind for even more oaty texture), and less sugar and butter make us feel a little less guilty for indulging!

Ingredients

• 1 2/3 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 5 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups rolled oats

Preparation

Step 1

1 Mix sugar, cocoa, milk and salt in saucepan; boil for one minute. 2 Add peanut butter, butter, and vanilla to hot mixture; stir until combined. 3 Stir in oats thoroughly and drop by spoonfuls (I use a small cookie scoop) onto waxed paper. Cool thoroughly before removing from paper. 4 (Note: the new nasty-tasting flaxseed peanut butters taste just fine in this recipe; add that and increase the healthiness even more!).