No Bake Cookie Butter (or Nutella) Cookies
Rachel
How was your weekend?
I spent two days outside and enjoying the fresh, open air and it was nothing short of glorious. Penelope and I spent Saturday in Brooklyn with my sister Kimberly and then Sunday we had family day in Jersey City. I'll have a full recap later this week, but I really wanted to talk about cookies today. These no bake cookies, specifically.
Have you ever made a no bake dessert? So often I find that it sounds great from the outside looking in. To me, a no bake dessert sounds like it would be simpler, faster and easier. A quick throw-it-together situation. But...I've also often found that once I read through the recipe, it doesn't really seem that easy or care-free. Perhaps I just need to shift my thinking. But! This is not that recipe.
No, this recipe is no bake and it's easy and quick and churns out a no bake batch of cookies that were the perfectly sweet end to a wonderful weekend. I found these on Pumpkins & Peonies and decided they'd be a great pick for Secret Recipe Club! I love SRC because it forces me out of my comfort zone. And now I have a simple no bake cookie recipe to show for it! Jess has so many great recipes and beautiful photos that it was hard to choose just one recipe, but I think I picked a winner. Though the original recipe calls for Nutella, I went with cookie butter because I had it on hand and because I wanted to make these nut-free for bringing some to work. They were great with cookie butter, and I bet they'd be amazing with Nutella...or peanut butter!
No Bake Cookie Butter Cookies
*Adapted from Pumpkins & Peonies
Prepare 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
In a saucepan, melt butter and whisk in the milk and sugar. Bring to a rolling boil. Let boil for 1 minute.
Remove from heat and whisk in vanilla and cookie butter.
Stir in oats with a rubber spatula.
Let cool for 1-2 minutes.
Scoop out tablespoon-sized blobs of the cookie dough and let sit to cool and firm up. I fit 12 on a cookie sheet.
Let cool and enjoy!
Jess said she yielded about 30 cookies, but I only made 24. So if you want more, just make them smaller! These are super sweet and rich, so smaller might be a better serving :) I used a small cookie scoop for mine. Another note: these came out very sweet, so next time I'd plan to use only 1 cup of sugar, or even 3/4 cup. Thanks Jess for this great recipe! I can't wait to share them with my office!
Happy Cookie Monday!
Reader Comments (4)
I'm so jealous of your Saturday adventures!!!!
And those cookies look so yummy! They're probably be good with the Oreo butter I made :)
Love that you picked this recipe and you're right, it's so easy! I've never thought to use cookie butter or even peanut butter and I must try both now! Thanks for the kind words and happy to bake with you in group C! See you next month!
Those look delicious!! No bakes are the best.
Hi fellow group C member :) I love easy recipes too, and these sure look yummy. My kids are big no-bake cookie fans, so I'll have to try this version soon.