No Bake Cookies

Due to our recent oven failure, I cannot bake anything at all until the heating element is replaced.  But I needed something sweet to eat, so I chose the chocolate peanut butter no-bake cookie.  I hadn't eaten one of these since I was in about third grade at my babysitter's house, so I was thinking that the taste of these would bring back many memories, and they did!

The chewy, chocolatey, peanut buttery taste of these cookies instantly brought back memories with the very first bite.  They were super easy to make too, so I'm not sure why I've never made these before.  Definitely these were the quickest cookies I've ever made!

I halved the recipe from the original and ended up with about 2 dozen, maybe a few more.

Ingredients
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 stick unsalted butter
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups old fashioned or quick cooking oats

Method

In a heavy saucepan bring to a boil, the sugar, cocoa, butter and milk. Let boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly, then add peanut butter, vanilla and oatmeal. On a sheet of waxed paper, drop mixture by the tablespoonfuls, until cooled and hardened, about an hour.

They, of course, remain soft and pliable and chewy; which is not exactly like a normal baked cookie.  But they are quite tasty and I would make these again say, if I wanted a super quick sweet treat or if the oven didn't work...  :)