Recipe: No Bake Cookies
Friday, January 2nd, 2009I got this Recipe from allrecipes.com
INGREDIENTS
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup fat-free milk
1/2 cup butter or stick margarine
3 cups quick-cooking oats
1 cup flaked coconut
6 tablespoons baking cocoa
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, milk and butter; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat. Stir in the oats, coconut, cocoa and vanilla. Working quickly, drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper. Let stand until set, about 1 hour.
OK… So my first attemt at these no bake cookies was a flop. Here is what I think happened. The directions (as I read them) said to bring the milk, sugar and butter to a boil. Let it boil for 2 minutes, then remove from heat and add remainibg ingredients. That is what I did.
I believe what happened was that the time it took to mix in the cocoa and the vanilla the mixture had time to cool, thus making it almost impossibe to scoop the cookies before they dried. I ended up with a really good crumbly ice cream topping.
I am going to attempt this again and post an edit with my results. The change I want to make is to add the cocoa and the vanilla extract into the boiling mixture while its boiling. I will have time to mix the oats and scoop them before it hardens… I hope.






