My mother always made these wonderful chocolate and oat cookies that required no baking. You simply mixed them up, dropped them on wax paper and placed them in the refrigerator to cool and set. To this day as an adult my siblings and I all love those cookies. We have all made them for our children and still happily eat them up ourselves.
No bake cookies are a wonderful and easy way to make a delightful snack for your family. Not only do they require few ingredients, but they require little preparation as well. With summer fast approaching, these recipes for no bake cookies will surely come in handy.
This first recipe is an easy recipe for delicious oatmeal cookies your family will love.
Oatmeal Refrigerator Cookies
Ingredients:
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 4 tbs cocoa
- 2 tbs water
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Method:
Combine oats, sugar and cocoa in one bowl. Mix in the butter, water and vanilla slowly to form giant ball of dough. Roll into small one inch balls of dough, roll in powdered sugar and place on tray covered with wax paper. Let cookies cool in refrigerator for at least an hour before serving and store leftovers in container in the refrigerator.
If your kids love peanut butter than this recipe will be hit!
Peanut Buttery No Bake Cookies
Ingredients:
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2/3 cup butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup peanut butter
- 4 cups oats
Method:
Melt butter, sugar, milk and cocoa in a saucepan over medium heat. Allow to boil for about 2 minutes before removing from heat. Immediately stir in vanilla, peanut butter and oats. Place by the spoonful on a wax paper covered tray and allow to cool in refrigerator for at least hour. For variations on this recipe you can switch between chunky or smooth peanut butter.
This next cookie is delicious and most people have the ingredients on hand.
Cereal Marshmallow No Bake Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 whole bag of marshmallows
- 4 cups Cereal ( Rice Crispies work best )
- 1 cup mini chocolate morsels
Method:
Melt butter and then add marshmallows. Melt marshmallows stirring constantly to prevent burning and sticking. Remove from heat. Stir in cereal and then chocolate morsels. Shape in balls about 1-2 inches thick and place on wax paper covered tray. Place tray in refrigerator and let cool for at least 30 minutes.
As you can see many recipes for no bake cookies are quite similar, so it is easy to play with them and make them your own. Additionally, no bake cookies are a fantastic way to get your kids in the kitchen. Because they require little to no actual cooking no bake cookies are an excellent project for them to start out with.
