1/4 cup butter or margarine1/2 cup peanut butter(JIF crunchy is the best!)
1/3 cup cocoa
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 tsp vanilla
3 cups oats
*Mix sugar and cocoa in saucepan. Add butter and milk and heat to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes!
Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter, vanilla, and oats. Mix well. Drop by spoonsful onto waxed paper. Let cool.
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TIPS ABOUT THESE COOKIES: First of all, I have seen several recipes for them and this is my favorite. Secondly, they are very favored around here so I have discovered some tricks to them.
If they are nice and shiney as you are dropping them onto waxed paper, without running everywhere, that is when they are pretty close to perfect! THE TRICK IS TO KEEP THEM SHINEY! Ok, so here's my discoveries, if you start the 2 minute count on your boil, RIGHT WHEN it starts to boil---not when it starts rolling, you will keep your shine on! AND, drop your peanut butter in about 5 seconds before the time is up and turn the heat off right at 2 minutes, and stir the peanut butter in- and get it off the heat!!! Add the vanilla, then oats and mix rapidly. The sooner you get them onto the waxed paper and out of the hot pot, the more shine they will keep and the longer they will stay moist!****If you cook them too long or keep them on the heat after the 2 minutes is up and/or poke about getting them on the waxed paper, the more likely they will get dry and crumble.
Oh, one more thing, as you are mixing in the oats, pay attention to your chocolate. You want to leave a little extra runny looking chocolate. You don't want to add so many oats that they are barely covered.
If you guys have learned some more tips about these, please post them.
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