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RE Friday Round-Up: Refrigerator and No-Bake Cookie Love

When it comes to baking cookies in the summer months, I have two favorite kinds.

The no-bake kind, where you whip up the dough, place scoops on a cookie sheet, and place in the fridge to harden up. Ready to enjoy in only 30 minutes and no heating up the oven.

Then there were my mom’s “refrigerator oatmeal cookies,” the kind where the dough was shaped into a nice long log, wrapped in wax paper, and stored in the refrigerator.

Are you a cookie dough lover like I am? Since I was a young teen, my girlfriends and I would make the dough, fill a coffee mug half-way with dough, and nuke it for 30 seconds. It was our own little method of taking the flavor up a notch … we called it “mushing” the dough.

Busted! Another easy way to enjoy of a slice of sweet, tantalizing goodness!

A few weeks ago on a very hot summer night in the Rogue Valley, our family wanted cookies, but I didn’t want to heat up the oven. I pulled out mom’s recipe and whipped up a batch of no-bake cookies. Mom had so many cookie recipes. This recipe is not new, it’s been around for years, but it’s still a summer favorite!

What’s your favorite version of no-bake or refrigerator cookies?

Recipe: Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies {ReluctantEntertainer.com}

Summary: The very best cookie to make when you don’t want to heat up the oven.

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
4 tablespoons cocoa
1 stick butter
1/2 cup milk
1 cup peanut butter
1 tablespoon vanilla
3 cups oatmeal
Waxed paper

Instructions

In a saucepan bring to a boil the sugar, cocoa, butter and milk.
Let boil for 1 minute then add peanut butter, vanilla and oatmeal. Mix well.
On a sheet of waxed paper, drop mixture by the teaspoonfuls, until cooled and hardened.

Preparation time:

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Number of servings (yield): 12

I’m happy to share some amazing cookie recipes and yumminess here today on my round-up. I hope you’ll enjoy them, too!

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