Title: Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Description: No Bake
NJO - July 7, 2005 06:14 PM (GMT)
These cookies go back to my school days. Good and fast.
1 stick butteror margarine
1/2 c. milk
1/3 cup cocoa
1 c. sugar
Mix ingredients together and boil 1 minue hard, take from heat.
Add: 1/3 c. peanut butter
1 tsp. vanilla
3 c. quick cooking oats
Mix--drop on wax paper, cool. Serve
Susanne - July 11, 2005 03:06 AM (GMT)
Hey Jo, these so very interesting and easy. I am wondering if chocolate, peanut butter and oatmeal go together. I can't imagine it. I guess I'll have to try them. :P
NJO - July 11, 2005 03:11 AM (GMT)
Think Reese's cups! :lol: Yum...
Susanne - July 12, 2005 05:57 AM (GMT)
Well, I know that chocolate and peanut butter go together and peanut butter and oatmeal go together, so I think it is the chocolate and the oatmeal that has me wondering. I'm going to have to make these and just see for myself, I guess. :lol:
NJO - July 12, 2005 01:37 PM (GMT)
These are super easy and something kids usally like at least I did! :rolleyes:
Cathie Black - July 17, 2005 02:19 PM (GMT)
OK, for those of us who aren't from the US ..
- How much is a "stick", as in "a stick of butter or margarine"?
- What is 1/2 c, as in 1/2 c. milk? Half a cup? How much is a cup?
- And does cup = c? Both are used - "1/2 c. milk" and "1/3 cup cocoa"
I don't know about in Canada (which seems to be a mix of both Britain and the US), for example, but in the UK, measurements for recipes are given in pints and fluid ounces for liquids (20 fluid ounces = 1 pint, 2 pints = 1 quart, 4 quarts = 8 pints = 1 gallon), and in pounds and ounces for dry goods. Spoonsful are also used (as has been used here).
Me, I have no idea how much a cup is. Isn't a cup a measure of liquid - and yet it's being used here to measure dry goods (cocoa?).
I need some serious help here. Can anyone help translate this for an international readership?
Susanne - July 17, 2005 03:38 PM (GMT)
Cathie, a stick of butter or margarine is just that. Butter and margarine can be bought in sticks, however, for clarification I believe a stick is considered 8 tablespoons or half a cup. The measurements are right on the margarine stick wrappers so check that to make sure.
And yes c = cup. A cup is 8 oz. whether it is dry or liquid ingredients.
Dry measure cups have no spout on them, liquid measure ones do but they both are 8 oz.
Cathie Black - July 17, 2005 03:45 PM (GMT)
Thank you.
I don't where the members of this Board hail from, but I know that memberships of previous Boards I've posted on have included people from places other than the US, and not everyone understands everything American.
Kimberly - July 22, 2005 03:20 PM (GMT)
Jo, I have made these before and they are yummy!! And very easy!! B)