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This is a favorite cookie around our house.  They are simple to make and taste better than they look.  I am going to call them cowgirl cookies because, let’s just say the name our kids named them is not very appealing.  You may call them whatever you like!

The Recipe:

2 Cups Sugar

2 Tablespoons Cocoa

1/2 Cup Milk

1/2 Cup Butter or Margarine

1/2 Cup Peanut Butter

2 Cups Uncooked rolled Oats

1 Teaspoon Vanilla

(Go ahead and place two sheets of wax paper or foil about the size of two cookies sheet pans on the counter before you start cooking.  I usually have everything pre measured and ready to go when I make these.  It makes it a lot easier and I think they set up better if you make sure you really boil it for a full two minutes and quickly add rest of ingredients when you take it off the heat.  I drop them by the spoonful immediately.)

Melt in boiler 1/2 Cup Butter or margarine and add 1/2 Cup Milk.  Stir in 2 Cups sugar and 2 Tablespoons Cocoa.  Stir well, turn heat to low or medium low; cook until it starts to boil.  Stir it constantly as it boils.  BOIL A FULL 2 MINUTES.  REMOVE FROM STOVE.  Now add 1/2 Cup Peanut Butter stirring well and then add 2 Cups rolled Oats.  Stir until really well mixed.  Add 1 Teaspoon Vanilla…stir.

Now…Drop onto wax paper or onto foil.  I drop them by the teaspoon, you can make them as big as you like.

Let them set at room temperature until they are firm.

Ok…so I usually try one…just to make sure they have set up enough to put on a plate!

Hope you enjoy them as much as we do!