No Bake Cookies

1/2 C shortening or margarine
2 C sugar
4 T cocoa
1/2 C milk
pinch salt
1/4 C peanut butter
1 t vanilla
3 C quick oats

Mix shortening, sugar, cocoa, milk and salt in large sauce pan and bring to a boil. Boil for 1 minute stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Add peanut butter, vanilla and oats. Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper and let cool.

I've searched for years for a no bake cookie recipe that worked for me. Not sure what my problem was but they would just never set up for me. This is the only one that ever has and man, is it tasty! Thanks to my friend Steph H. for sharing it with me.

Oatmeal Cookies

Heat oven to 375

2C butter—softened
1 ½ C brown sugar
1 C sugar
4 eggs
2t vanilla
3 C flour
2t baking soda
2t salt
2t cinnamon
½ t nutmeg
6 C rolled oats
1-2 C rasins

Beat butter and sugars until fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients in another bowl and then add to sugar mixture. Stir in oats and rasins. Drop by spoonful onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8-9 minutes. Cool on sheet 1 minute before removing.

Pretty sure this came from a friend of a friend of my mom who read it to me over the phone my freshman year at college. I needed to repay one of my very nice neighbors for fixing my car. He said oatmeal rasin cookies were his favorite and that these were the best he'd ever had. Of course when making them for myself I use 1/2 rasins and 1/2 chocolate chips.