There aren’t many things I would ever brag about being the best at, but making No Bake Cookies is one of them.  I am often asked to make them, asked for my recipe and have even had people who swear they don’t like No Bakes tell me they like mine.  I made a big double batch today for a family party and thought I would share.  You’re welcome 😉

No Bake Cookies

1/2 C. Milk

1/2 C. Butter

2 C. Sugar

5 T. Cocoa

1/4 C. Peanut Butter

1 tsp. Vanilla

3 C. Quick Oats

1 C. Coconut

1/2 bag Butterscotch Chips

Mix together milk, butter, sugar and cocoa in saucepan.  Bring to boil – stirring constantly – and boil for 60 seconds.  Remove from heat and once it stops boiling, add vanilla, then oats and coconut, then butterscotch chips.  Mix these in quickly, being careful not to over stir.   Drop by spoonful onto waxed paper or foil.

Couple of notes:

• You can make these using margarine instead of butter; I sometimes do. They will turn out ok, but they are amazing with butter.
• I don’t really measure the peanut butter, I just scoop out a big spoonful and plop it in, but it is probably about a 1/4 cup.
• If you don’t want to use coconut, then just use more oats.
• Start with the stated amounts of oats and coconut, but you really want to mix it in by sight.  Add until the mixture looks like this:

DON’T add too much;  stop when they still look a little too wet; this is key!

• If you don’t like butterscotch, try chocolate chips, or the swirled chocolate and vanilla chips; ALTHOUGH, I am not a big fan of butterscotch myself and I think that they are best with the butterscotch chips.