1 stick of butter
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
3 Tbsp cocoa
Mix together in a saucepan and boil for one minute. Remove from heat and then...
Add:
3/4 cup peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups oats (I like old fashioned)
Spoon onto cookie sheets and allow to cool.
Here are a few tips...you must boil them for exactly one minute {time it!}. I start timing them as soon as I see bubbles in the center of the pan. If you boil them too long they're crumbly but if too short they never get hard. My mother-in-law told me they work without cocoa too. I have not tried them that way yet. I always seem to have an endless supply on hand. She also told me that almond extract works if your out of vanilla. Growing up with 5 boys in the house, she said you make them with whatever you have on hand. And don't forget someone always gets to lick the spoon!
