Old Fashioned Chocolate No Bake Cookies

Old Fashioned Chocolate No Bake Cookies aka Preacher Cookies, Cow Patties or Fudge Cookies are a yummy vintage cookie that is filled with chocolate, oatmeal and peanut butter.

Today I made one of my sons all time favorite sweet treats.... Old Fashioned Chocolate No Bake Cookies. He absolutely loves these cookies and could eat the whole batch if I let him. Even though they're his favorite the first couple times I made them for some reason the cookies never set up correctly.
 
Everyone says I don't let the mixture boil long enough, but I followed the recipe exactly and it was still a mess. After poking around a bit online I found a different recipe, so I thought I would give it a try.

I wanted to surprise my son with the cookies since the last time they were so disappointing.
I followed the recipe exactly, but I used evaporated milk instead of regular milk. I had plenty of cans of evaporated milk that needed to be used, so I went with that. 

I'm happy to say that the cookies turned out perfectly and I was so excited. My son was so surprised to see those cookies cooling on the counter, he said mom you did it!!!! ❤ I told my son I remember eating these cookies when I was a kid, so it's nothing new. He told me geez mom it must be an old recipe cause that was the olden days..... little stinker!!! 

I told him that back in the day people used to make these cookies and refer to them in the so called olden days as Preacher Cookies or fudge cookies at Christmas. This recipe is probably a lot older than he and I will ever know, but it's definitely still a very popular recipe. 

I hope your family enjoys these cookies as much as mine does. 

Yield: 2 dozen

Author: Tina Butler | Mommy's Kitchen

Old Fashioned Chocolate No Bake Cookies

Old Fashioned Chocolate No Bake Cookies aka Preacher Cookies, Cow Patties or Fudge Cookies are a yummy vintage cookie that is filled with chocolate, oatmeal and peanut butter.

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 2 MinTotal time: 12 Min

Ingredients

• 2  cups granulated sugar
• 3  tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder or 2  (1 oz) squares un-sweetend Bakers chocolate
• 1/2  cup butter (not margarine)
• 1/2  cup evaporated or whole milk
• 1/4  teaspoon salt
• 2  1/2  cups old fashioned or quick oats
• 1/2  cup creamy peanut butter
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. In a medium sized sauce pan over medium-high heat add butter, sugar, cocoa powder or chocolate squares, milk and salt.
2. Stir until butter is melted and ingredients are incorporated. Bring mixture to a rolling boil, and boil for 1 minute and 15 seconds. This part is very important or the cookies will not set up.
3. Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter until completely melted and vanilla extract. Add the oatmeal and mix well.
4. Working quickly before the mixture cools and thickens up drop the mixture by tablespoon (I use my small cookie scoop) onto wax paper or foil.
5. Let cookies cool completely and set up before removing. The key to getting the cookies glossy on top is not touching them after you drop the mixture onto waxed paper.
6. Recipe yields: about 2 dozen cookies depending on the size.

Notes:

The key to getting these cookies to set up correctly is letting the mixture come to a full rolling boil (a rolling boil is when liquid is boiled rapidly and cannot be stirred down). Once a rolling boil is achieved, set the time for 1 minute and 15 seconds and let the mixture boil and then remove from heat.  

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The key to getting these cookies to set up correctly is letting the mixture come to a full rolling boil (a rolling boil is when liquid is boiled rapidly with lots of rolling bubbles a boil that cannot be stirred down). Once a rolling boil is achieved, set the time for 1 minute and 15 seconds and let the mixture boil and then remove from heat.  I have included a video above of what a rolling boil looks like when making these chocolate no bake cookies.

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