My boyfriend, Eric LOVES no bake cookies, and with me going to see him in a few days I figured I'd surprise him with a batch. I love these cookies because they are easy to make and there is NO BAKING! So the house stays cool and more importantly I CAN'T burn them! Today I made a batch of original No-Bake Cookies, for Eric, and a batch of Peanut Butter Almond No-Bake Cookies because I was in the mood to try something new. And let me tell you the Peanut Butter Almond No-Bakes turned out AMAZING!
Original No-Bake Cookies
In a medium sauce pan combine
1 3/4 cups Sugar
1/2 cup Milk
1/2 cup Butter
4 tbsp. Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
Bring to a boil, and cook for 1 1/2 minutes stirring continuously. Remove from heat and stir in
1 1/2 cup Peanut Butter
3 cups Old Fashioned Oats (I used Quaker Quick Oats)
1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
Drop by spoonfuls onto parchment paper, freezer paper or wax paper. Which ever you have! Let them sit about 10 min. or long as you can stand. And don't forget to lick the spoon!
Peanut Butter Almond Cookies
For these I
replaced Milk with Almond Milk
added 1 tsp. of Almond Extract
reduced Vanilla Extract to 1/2 tsp.
I wanted to add some shaved almonds but didn't have any on hand, so next time I'm definitely going to. And I may even leave out the cocoa powder.
Kelsey,
ReplyDeleteI don't like the combination chocolate-peanut butter, but love almonds. Any suggestion on how I could replace the peanut butter with something else?
Claire
Claire,
DeleteYou can try almond butter or Nutella, if you use the almond butter I would reduce the sugar to 1 1/2 cups. Let me know if this helps.
~Kelsey
How about replacing the PB with orange peel or chili pieces for some zest?
ReplyDelete-marcin
Marcin,
DeleteI love the orange peel idea instead but of replacing all the PB I think I'd cut the amount of PB I add in half and sub the other half with the orange peel. I'm going to have to try this to see if it works but I think it will! Thanks for the suggestion!
~Kelsey