No Bake Cookies!

Recently, I've been seeing these already made at the grocery store. As the name suggests, they are cookies you don't have to bake and therefore a TIME SAVER. I think it's terrible that people are too lazy to even make their own no bake cookies anymore.

My mom used to make these all of the time when I was a kid. We had trouble waiting for the delicious piles of goop to set up before we ate them, and even when I make them now I will eat the remnants off of the utensils and whatever is left in the pot.

This was an incredibly easy recipe to adapt to being acceptable to a vegan diet. I even made an addition that isn't in the traditional recipe that the roomie agreed was a wise decision. The roomie took a few of them to work and his coworker had a hard time believing they were vegan. Vegan or not, give them a shot!

No Bake Cookies
1-1/2 cups sugar (evaporated cane juice)
1 stick non-dairy butter (Earth Balance)
1/2 cup non-dairy milk (I used almond.)
1/3 cup cocoa powder (I used Ghiradelli. Worth it.)
1/3 cup peanut butter (I used natural. Don't be like me and forget to stir it AND refrigerate it. Even if you ARE like me, your cookies will still turn out splendidly.)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (Don't use imitation. That's just gross.)
3 cups of Rolled Oats (May need a little more.)
1/2 cup cocao nibs (My addition. Do it.)

1. Combine first four ingredients in medium sized saucepan. Cook over medium heat stirring occasionally. Once the mixture comes to a boil, continue to cook and continually stir for 1 minute.
2. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter and vanilla extract. Add oats and cocao nibs. Pay attention to how the mixture is coming together. May have to add extra oats depending on the mixture. I ended up adding one more cup of oats for a total of four cups. Mixture should look glossy, but not be runny with excess liquid.
3. Scoop out large tablespoon-fulls onto wax paper or aluminum foil. (I like to scoop them out using an ice cream scoop with a lever to push them out.)
4. Allow to cool and set up. Yield: About 16-24 depending on size of scoops

You're welcome.