Peanut Butter-Penuche Drops - No Bake Cookies Recipe

Got a hankering for something brown sugary sweet and peanutty flavored? Then stir up a batch of these stove-top cookies!

Peanut Butter-Penuche Drops

1/2 cup butter
2 cups light brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup 2 % milk
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups quick-cooking oats

Have all ingredients pre-measured and ready. Line a baking sheet with waxed paper or foil; set aside.
In a large heavy saucepan combine the butter, milk, sugar and salt. Bring mixture to boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture comes to a full rolling boil. Without stirring, let mixture boil for 3 minutes, no less - no more. Immediately remove from heat.
Stir in peanut butter and vanilla, stirring until peanut butter has melted. Quickly stir in the oats, mixing well.
Working fast, drop mixture by spoonfuls onto waxed paper or foil. Allow to cool and become firm, about 30 minutes.

Makes about 24 cookies.

Cook's Tip: If the mixture is accidentally overcooked, it will result in extremely dry cookies, sometimes so crumbly the mixture will not hold together enough to form a cookie. If this sort of thing occurs once the oats are added, then stir a tablespoon of milk (more or less) at a time until the mixture is moist enough to work with. Under cooking the mixture will result in cookies that must be eaten with a spoon...or may harden overnight!

Nutrition Facts (per serving: 1 cookie): 213.5 calories; 32% calories from fat; 8.0g total fat; 10.6mg cholesterol; 61.6mg sodium; 191.0mg potassium; 32.1g carbohydrates; 2.4g fiber; 18.4g sugar; 29.7g net carbs; 4.9g protein.