Penuche oatmeal no bake cookies

Now what kind of a half-assed cooking blog would we be if we didn't include a recipe for no-bake cookies? Not only are they fantastically delicious, but they're super simple. 

As children, we generally made and ate the chocolate variety (which we appetizingly called Cow Patties. Mmmm.) This is a penuche recipe.  It's rich, so the cookies can, and probably should, be small. And they take all of 10 minutes to make.

We followed instructions from About's Southern Food page and they worked very nicely.

Here's what you need and how you do it

2 cups brown sugar

1/2 cup butter or margarine

1/2 cup milk (or soy milk)

3 cups quick-cooking oats

1 teaspoon vanilla

3/4 cups chopped nuts (optional)

In a saucepan, heat sugar, butter and milk to boiling. Boil for a minute or two, then add oats, vanilla and chopped nuts (if desired).

Drop in small spoonfuls onto waxed paper. Let cool before eating.

For the chocolate version of these cookies, use 2 cups of white sugar instead of brown and add 1/2 cup of cocoa.

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Comments

[M]

I made these tonight and they are great! I thought you needed a peanut butter ingredient to make these hold together, but you don't. Think of all of the fat calories you aren't eating with every bite. Hmm..I think I'll have another. Great recipe.

[Julie]

I LOVE no bake cookies. I've never had them with brown sugar before...I'll have to try that.

[janet]

This is such a simple recipe. What could I have possibly done wrong? Sorry, but Yecchh!

[All Adither]

Janet, really? Shocked all around. We loved them. But every cookie is not for every person.

[debbie]

These cookies bring back such memories...when we were little, my mom used to make these oh so very often!! Lurve them!!

Wow! the 'half-assed kitchen' has been busy...so many posts from 'yesterday'...so many to print out...thanks for much!!!

[Lisa from Kentucky]

What? No peanut butter in them?