no-bake cookies

when i was single, girls were always whipping these bad boys up for everything {FHE, mix-n-mingle, firesides, for their visiting teachers, home teachers, sunday school treats} we are having a end of semester party along with our in-class assingment tonight in pathophysiology so we were asked to bring a treat to share. i went to bake cookies last night and realized i had less than a 1/2 cup of flour. shoot. then i remembered the no-bake cookie recipe from singlehood. i looked through a couple of my cookbooks and never found it so i googled "no-bake cookies" and found this one on allrecipes.com. this recipe makes about 3 dozen cookies and it's super fast if you're in a bind for something sweet.

NO BAKE COOKIES

1 3/4 cups white sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup milk
4 TBS unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
3 cups quick cooking oats
1 tsp vanilla

melt sugar, butter, milk and cocoa in a saucepan over medium heat. bring to a boil and cook for 1 1/2 minutes {i know right? who watches time for 1 1/2 minutes??} remove from heat and add peanut butter, oats and vanilla. drop by teaspoonfuls onto wax paper {i didn't have wax paper so foil works fine} cool until hardened.

NOTE: i've also had these with crushed graham cracker and oatmeal and they're super yummy.