Cookie Exchange

This morning I went to a cookie exchange. I took lots of pictures but sadly have none to share because my SD card has given out on me and I can not get the pictures off of it. Luckily, I was able to take a picture of the cookies with my hubby's camera before I ate them all.

Do you want to guess which of the cookies I made? I would love to tell you that I made the sugar cut outs or the really yummy chocolate ones with chocolate filling but I can't. I was in a major rush this morning and drastically behind so I made Chocolate No Bake Cookies. Luckily, they all love No Bake Cookies. I have great friends.

So just in case you have never made No Bake Cookies and don't have this delightful, super quick and easy recipe I thought I would share it with you.

½ cup (1 stick) butter
2 cups granulated sugar
½ cup milk
4 tablespoons cocoa powder
½ cup peanut butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups quick-cooking oats

1. Add the first four ingredients (through the cocoa powder) to a 4-quart saucepan.
2. Bring to a rolling boil and let boil for 1 minute.
3. Remove from heat.
4. Stir in the peanut butter and vanilla until smooth, then stir in the oats.
5. Drop by heaping tablespoons onto wax paper-lined baking sheets.
6. Let cool until set.

Source: The Brown Eyed Baker

I literally made them in 5 minutes and put them on the waxed paper to cool while I took my kids to school. Then I came home and put them in a container and left. It was probably 30 minutes total. Yep, quick and easy.