No Cook Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

I had a very productive day today getting ready for my mini vaca and school but now I am very tired. I got a surprise cheap oil change, shopped for school supplies and school clothes.  I went into Talbot's saying, "I am only here for pink capris," and five minutes in the store I had an armful of clothes (SALE SALE SALE!).  I then came home, unpacked packed (I at first put unpacked I wanted to show you how out of it I have been today) my suitcase, wrapped a late birthday present for Libba, and "baked" these cookies.

Tomorrow I am getting up bright and early to go and visit my BFF from college Libba.  Libba and I met in an accidental rooming situation in the sorority house.  We bonded as we wondered around Bed Bath and Beyond with two of our other roommates the first week after moving in exchanging looks of "Are these people serious?!" 

Any who, she moved to Myrtle Beach a couple years ago and became a famous news anchor.... now Gayle King (that's me) gets to go visit Oprah (that's Libba) at the beach.  Libba always brings goodies for me when she comes and visits so I thought I would make these cookies for her us.  I will have to put them in the back seat though so they make it through my trip and I don't just end up with an empty Tupperware.

These cookies take very minimal steps but do not take a minimal amount of sugar.  They're sweet and soft but still have a nice chewiness to them from the oats AND once again I get to pretend like they're good for me and ignore the other ingredients. My mom used to make these often and she says they are my dad's favorite cookies.  I got this recipe from-you guessed it-food.com but of course had to swap some ingredients to make them sliiiiiggghhhtttllllyyyy less guilty.

Nom nom nom:

1 stick of unsalted butter (when I read 1/2 cup I thought 1/2 stick hence the picture but then I came to)

2 cups of sugar

1/2 cup of milk

4 Tbsp cocoa

1/2 low fat creamy peanut butter

2 tsp vanilla extract

3 cups of quick-cooking oats.

Then:

Bring the butter, sugar, milk and cocoa to a rolling boil for one minute.

Then take off the burner and add the vanilla and peanut butter.  Mix until the peanut butter has melted.

 

Add the oats.

   

Scoop onto parchment paper and let cool.

Too too good (trust me I sampled about two)!!! 

I can't wait to take them to Libba! Beach and Lifetime movies here I come....in my new hat!