Chocolate No Bake Cookies and other Chocolate Delights
When you don't want to turn your oven on.......
2 cups sugar
4 Tablespoons cocoa
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 stick butter or margarine
1 1/2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix sugar, cocoa and milk in saucepan. Boil 1 minute. Add remaining ingredients. Drop by teaspoon on waxed paper and cool. Makes 2 dozen.
Variations: Omit cocoa. Use 2 cups light brown sugar and 1/2 cup coconut.
Omit peanut butter. Add 1/2 cup finely chopped nuts.
When you can't go camping..........
Make some of these no-bake cookies.
INDOOR S'MORES (Came off the box of Golden Grahams cereal)
2/3 cup light corn syrup
2 Tablespoons butter or margarine
1-11 1/2 ounce milk chocolate chips (it may be 10 ounce by now)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 10 ounce box Golden Grahams cereal (about 8 cups)
3 cups miniature marshmallows
Butter baking pan, 13 X 9 X 2 inches. Heat corn syrup, butter and chocolate chips to boiling in 3 quart saucepan, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Pour over cereal in large mixing bowl. Toss quickly until completely coated with chocolate. Fold in marshmallows, one cup at a time. Press mixture evenly in pan with buttered back of spoon. Let stand until firm, at least 1 hour. Cut into about 1 1/2 inch squares. Makes 48 squares.
When you don't mind if your oven is on for 20 minutes...
Try this Texas Sheet Cake
1 cup (2 sticks) margarine
1 cup water
1/4 cup cocoa
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
Frosting, recipe follows
Chopped pecans
Combine margarine, water and cocoa in saucepan over medium heat;heat until margarine melts. Add sugar, flour, salt, eggs, soda, sour cream and vanilla and mix well. Pour into 15 X 10 inch cookie sheet with sides. Bake at 350 degrees, 20 minutes. Spread frosting on cake while cake is hot. Sprinkle nuts on top of cake.
FROSTING
1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine
1/4 cup cocoa
1/4 cup plus 2 Tablespoons milk
1 box (1 lb.) confectioner's sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Combine margarine, cocoa and milk and bring to a boil. Add remaining ingredients and mix well with electric mixer.