Have any of you ever had 'boiled cookies'??

[cheezz]

I don't know if this is a southern thing, or just something my mom made up, but it is probably my all-time favorite cookie. Takes just minutes to make, no baking, and I haven't yet found a person who doesn't just love them. I don't know if this is a southern thing, or just something my mom made up, but we had them about every week growing up. I've fine-tuned the recipe so they aren't the little semi-rocks mom used to make...

I'll post if anyone is interested.

 

[cheezz]

REC: Southern Boiled Cookies... here they are, ready or not smileys/smile.gif

Southern Boiled Cookies (aka No Bake Cookies)

1 cup EACH granulated sugar & brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup cocoa powder, WELL rounded
3 cups quick oats (you can also use regular)
1 cup peanut butter
1 tsp. vanilla

In saucepan, bring sugars, butter, milk and cocoa powder to a boil; boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in oats, peanut butter and vanilla. Cover with lid and let set until you can drop by small spoonfuls onto waxed paper without it spreading out.

 

[georgiarose]

I think it is a southern thing. We had them growing up in Ga

 

[desertjean]

We called them no-bakes. I can eat the entire batch in a day.

 

[lisainla]

Ditto to both, but I grew up in the SW.

 

[barbara-in-va]

I grew up in a MD suburb of DC and we ate them ALL the time, called them Fudgie Cookies!

 

[angak]

i grew up in No Indiana, and made them first in Girl Scouts. No Bake Cookies. yum

 

[cheezz]

I like the name 'Fudgie Cookies'!! Boiled cookies just sound like one of those English dishes...

like bangers, mash, curd, clotted cream. Yummy foods, but horrible names smileys/smile.gif

 

[cheezz]

It takes you a whole day??

 

[cheezz]

I tweaked the recipe to more than double the chocolate and double the peanut butter.

It makes a more chocolaty cookie and the additional PB helps keep it moister.

 

[lisainla]

No - "boiled cookies" actually intrigued my son enough to give them a go - despite

the fact that he doesn't care for oatmeal.

Somehow, "No Bake" isn't as catchy....

 

[amanda_pennsylvania]

I agree with Lisa. "Boiled Cookies" is unusual and catchy.

 

[mimi]

We called them Frogs. Yummy.

 

[angak]

ok, I like this name the best!

 

[amanda_pennsylvania]

Great name!

 

[angiebaby]

Made them when I was a kid, too.

I was either a Brownie, or in the 4-H club or some such and we all had to bring homemade cookies for gifts. I'm thinking they were for the elderly, maybe. Anyway, I had to make cookies on my own because my mother wasn't the "cookie baking" type, and I made Boiled Cookies. But I didn't know to make them into small spoonfuls, so hell, I made medium-size, round cookies. They were a little... um, off, and my club leaders were frightened! Live and learn, huh?