No Bake Grab the Gold Bars

By CorbettCook

Amount Per Serving
Calories: 110
Total Fat: 4.9g
Cholesterol: 7mg
Sodium: 38mg
Total Carbs: 15.6g
Dietary Fiber: 1.2g
Protein: 2g

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups white sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup butter
• 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
• 3 cups quick-cooking oats
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, milk, butter, and cocoa.
Bring to a boil, and cook for 1 1/2 minutes.
Remove from heat, and stir in peanut butter, oats, vanilla.
Drop by teaspoonsful onto wax paper.

Let cool until hardened.

Note: The texture of these bars is all about the boiling time. If you underboil you will get cookies that won't set, if you overboil, you will get cookies that will crumble and not form at all. This recipe calls for 1 1/2 minutes. My suggestion for the perfect cookie is to time it from a FULL boil and do 1 1/2 minutes from that point. If you count from a simmer (just barely bubbling) then make it 2 - 2 1/2 mins tops! You will have to play with it to see how your stove heat, etc.