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[StClone]

Caution: If you like cocoa based treats this recipe can be very addicting. This recipe isn't a true cookie recipe.


No Bake Cookies


2 C. sugar
1/2 C. milk
3 T. cocoa
1 stick butter
1/2 peanut butter
3 C. Quick Oatmeal
1 tsp. vanilla


Boil the first 4 ingredients together for 1 minute. Remove from heat and add last three and mix. Spoon out onto aluminum foil or wax paper and allow to cool. Coconut may also be added to ingredients.

[B Calm]

1. Peanut Butter Cream -Filled Cookie

Cookies, Desserts

Yield: 36 Servings

--------------------COOKIES------------------------- 1 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1/2 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Ground cinnamon

1 c Quick oats (NOT instant)
1 c Light brown sugar, firmly
-- packed
1/2 c Salted butter, softened
1 lg Egg
1 ts Pure vanilla extract

--------------------FILLING-------------------------

3/4 c Smooth peanut butter
1/4 c Salted Butter, softened

2 tb Half-and-half
1 ts Pure vanilla extract

1 1/2 c Confectioners sugar

Preheat overn to 325-degrees F.

In medium bowl combine flour, soda, cinnamon and oats. Mix well with a whire whisk. Set aside.

Cream sugar and butter in a large bowl using an electric mixer set at medium speed. Add the flour-oat mixture, and blend at low speed until just combined. Do not overmix.

Separate dough into two balls, flatten them into disks, and wrap each tightly in plastic wrap or a plastic bag. Chill 1 hour.

On floured board using a floured rolling pin, roll out one disk to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut cookies with a 2-inch round fluted cookie cutter dipped in flour. Repeat procedure with the second disk, reworking scraps until all the dough is used. Bake cookies on ungreased baking sheets 1/2 inch aprt for 13-15 minutes or until bottoms turn light brown. Transfer immediately to a cool, flat surface with a spatula.

When cookies are cool, spread 1 tablespoon of peanut butter filling on the bottom side of a cookies. Top with another cookie-bottom side toward the filling-to make a sandwich. Repeat with the remaining cookies and filling

Yield: 3 1/2 dozen cookies.