Delicious no-bake cookie recipe?

Taya

I am going to a cookie exchange party next weekend with some coworkers and the only way I can walk away from it with a variety of delicious cookies is to bring some myself. The problem is that I have one working burner, a frying pan, a saucepan, no oven, and no microwave. I'm trying to find a no-bake recipe but most seem to require at least microwaving something. Any suggestions?

Cimmerii

This is a pretty standard no bake recipie, these are quite tasty.

2 c. sugar
1/2 c. milk
1/2 tsp. salt
2 heaping tbsp. cocoa

Bring to a boil and boil 1 1/2 minutes, then remove from heat and add:

2 tbsp. vanilla
1/2 c. peanut butter
2 1/2 c. oatmeal

Stir it up good and use a spoon to drop on to sheets of wax paper, then let them set. Once they are room temp you can toss them in bags or whatever. I usually make them about 2in across.

RUNN1NGMAN

Cimmerii wrote: »

This is a pretty standard no bake recipie, these are quite tasty.

2 c. sugar
1/2 c. milk
1/2 tsp. salt
2 heaping tbsp. cocoa

Bring to a boil and boil 1 1/2 minutes, then remove from heat and add:

2 tbsp. vanilla
1/2 c. peanut butter
2 1/2 c. oatmeal

Stir it up good and use a spoon to drop on to sheets of wax paper, then let them set. Once they are room temp you can toss them in bags or whatever. I usually make them about 2in across.

These sound like the ones my mom used to make when I was a kid. They are the most evil cookies ever. And by evil I mean delicious.

Taya

Well I do like anything with peanut butter.

radroadkill

That's the standard recipe for "no-bake" cookies. NOMNOMNOM THEM.

BobCesca

can you make them without the peanut butter? do you need to sub in something else?

Nerdtendo

Taya wrote: »

Well I do like anything with peanut butter.

Really now? We should get together some time. :winky:

CarbonRod

I have the same recipe, but instead of peanut butter i use 2c oats and 1 c oatmeal. And they are indeed evil. My wife and I made them a few weeks ago for a party, then we had to make them again as we ate them all in a couple of days.

LewieP's Mummy

Or, melt some good quality chocolate in a bowl in a pan half filled with boiling water (its a bain marie, make sure no water can splash into the chocolate), when all the chocolate has melted, stir in your favourite breakfast cereal (as long as it isn't All Bran!)(rice crispies are OK, nut clusters are loads better, specially if broken up a bit), then drop spoonfuls onto buttered greaseproof paper, and flatten with the back of the spoon. Leave to set.
Variations:
add sultanas (soak them in some brandy/rum overnight first)
add finely grated orange/lemon peel
add mini marshmallows

Shogun

BobCesca wrote: »

can you make them without the peanut butter? do you need to sub in something else?

Do not make them without peanut butter.

That recipe is called Doo-doo cookies because they will look like piles of shit when they set up. I made them once without the peanut butter and they WILL NEVER SET. You'll just have piles of delicious goop on wax paper. You can't freeze them either.

However when made properly they are astoundingly amazing.

Delzhand

If you had a waffle iron you can make cookies in those (if you don't mind the odd shapes).

Taya

About the recipe on this page, do you start counting 1 1/2 minutes when the mixture is at a full boil or what? Boiling stuff, especially milk, is not my specialty.

ell

dificult to find a great recipe of no-bake cookies but well I will try the one it's post, you should search for other recipes in this free recipes site too.

Cimmerii

Yeah, wait until the stuff in there is bubbling steadily and then count. It shouldn't be a crazy roiling boil or anything.

Taya

Ugh, these are going to be the worst cookies ever.

I live in Korea and certain things are hard to find. A coworker found a bottle of vanilla extract that she didn't know she had and I managed to locate a can of Hershey cocoa powder...

I searched the baking aisle of four stores and found nothing resembling oatmeal. Then I found a bag of something in the rice aisle of HomePlus that looked a little like oatmeal, but something was off. This was all I could find so I bought it. After putting the Korean word on the bag into Google, I found out it is actually barley.

So after trying a total of four stores, I've given up. I hope my barley cookies are edible.

Sir Carcass

Oatmeal should be by the breakfast stuff. At least in America.

Taya

I checked every aisle and didn't see it there either.

Sir Carcass

Barley may be okay. I've never eaten it, but I love no bake cookies and the oatmeal is mainly for texture.

And I've had better results boiling for 2 minutes, but I use a slightly different recipe. Good luck, getting no bake cookies the perfect consistency is sometimes just a matter of luck.

radroadkill

Also I've found the more humid it is the harder it is for the cookies to set so try to keep it as cool as possible when making them.

Quoth

http://www.caterwauling.com/?p=514

check out the many varieties of rum balls

cogewa

You absolutely can make no bake without peanut butter. My aunt taught me this recipe years ago.

No bake Cookies

Mix in a saucepan:
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup cocoa (This is the Hershey unsweetened baking chocolate)
1/2 cup milk
1 stick butter
Bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute. (Softball stage)
Stir in:
3 cups Quick oatmeal
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup chopped nuts, if desired
1 tsp vanilla
Mix well and drop onto wax paper.

Variation:
• Coconut - Use 2 1/2 cups of the oats and 1/2 cup flaked coconut. You can also sprinkle a little bit on top of the cookies before they set.


We always made it with the coconut but just in case you don't like coconut it can be made with additional quick oats. If you cook the mixture too long it will turn out a harder rather than chewy cookie. All depends on your tastes.

Good luck and hope you enjoy as much as our family does.

Ultimanecat

You may also try just making standard Rice Krispies treats. It's true that they aren't cookies, but cut them up beforehand and I'm sure people would love them all the same.

Forbe!

The recipe everyone is posting is a classic recipe for chocolate peanut butter fudge, not really a cookie, but still delicious.

It is absolutely imperative that you reach the correct temperature when boiling the ingredients (and hold it for the correct time), or else they will not set up, and either stay perpetually gooey, or turn into a powdery mix of oatmeal and chocolate. So, I suggest you get a confectioner's thermometer, which is designed specifically for use in thicker liquids (such as molten sugar), as well as includes a guide to tell you what temperature is what depending on the consistency you are looking for (thread to burnt sugar), most recipes for this type of fudge call for 'soft ball'.

Taya

Well I am making these tonight and I barely managed to find oatmeal so I doubt I'll be running out to find a thermometer. I am going to wing it and hope they turn out alright.

Besides they will be exchanged for other (possibly better) cookies tomorrow.