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Are you looking for a no bake cookies recipe without peanut butter? We have the perfect no bake cookie recipe for you right here.
I have been excited to share this recipe with you. It took me a bit because I had quite a bit of trial and error with this one. Once I finally got it right, I immediately ate way too many cookies and then made all of the required notes.
The original struggle that I had with this recipe was that the cookies kept coming out too crumbly and dry. They weren’t sticking together well. I just had to keep adding moisture until I got it right.
This wasn’t the case each time that I made the recipe. It varied slightly so you will note in the recipe below that I added tablespoons of water as needed.
My recommendation is that you make the cookies with the required ingredients and then if the batter is too dry, add in small bits of water at a time.
No bake cookies without peanut butter were sweeter than our traditional no-bake cookies recipe. This was a real turn-off for Andi but I couldn’t stop eating these no-bake cookies.
I actually eventually had to put these cookies out of reach because I kept creeping over to the kitchen and stealing one. They are so darn easy to eat and I couldn’t eat just one.
So whether you are out of peanut butter or have a peanut allergy, know that you can indeed make the old-fashioned oatmeal no-bake cookies without using peanut butter in the recipe.
The secret is getting the sugar mixture just right. You are essentially making your own corn syrup mixture. That is why these chocolate no-bake cookies are very sweet.
How to make no-bake cookies without peanut butter
Step 1: Gather your ingredients and your required tools. This recipe requires a lot of constant stirring, so it is important that you have everything required close by.
Step 2: Prep the baking pan. Cover a baking pan with wax paper. Then spray the wax paper with baking spray. You don’t have to use a baking pan. You could just spread some wax paper out on the counter. I just find using a pan makes it a bit easier to move the cookies around to create space as needed.
Step 3: Place a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add in the sugar, salt, butter and milk. Stir often until the mixture is boiling.
Step 4: Once the butter mixture starts to boil, allow it to boil for 2 additional minutes. Set a timer for this. This timing is very important. Don’t let it overboil.
Step 5: Right at 2 minutes remove the saucepan from the heat
Step 6: Immediately add in the cocoa powder, oats and vanilla. Stir until fully combined.
Step 7: Allow the mixture to cool in the pan for 5 minutes.
Step 8: Using a spoon from the mixture into small balls. Drop the balls on the wax paper. If the mixture is too dry and crumbly mix in a tablespoon of hot water a time and stir. Do this one tablespoon at a time until the mixture is no longer crumbly and you can easily form small balls with the cookie dough.
No bake cookies recipe (without peanut butter)
Yield: 30 cookies
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 12 minutes
This is how to easily make chocolate and oatmeal no-bake cookies without using peanut butter.
Ingredients
2 c white sugar
1/2 c butter
1/2 c milk
5 T cocoa powder
3 c quick oats
1 t vanilla extract
1/4 t salt
4 T hot water (as needed)
Instructions
Place wax paper on a baking dish. Spray with baking spray.
In a large saucepan combine, sugar, salt, butter, and milk.
Bring to a boil.
Once it starts boiling, boil for an additional 2 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in cocoa, oats, and vanilla extract.
Allow the mixture to cool in the pan for 5 minutes.
Drop spoonful on a pan covered with wax paper.
Notes
If it starts to get a crumbly stir in a tablespoon of hot water at a time until it reaches your desired consistency.
Why Didn't My No-Bake Cookies Set? Likely, you didn't boil the mixture long enough. You want the butter, milk, sugar, and cocoa mixture to boil for 2-3 full minutes and reach between 190°F-200°F. If you don't boil them for long enough, they will turn out gooey and will not set.
Peanut butter adds a lot of value to baked goods — it provides a salty, nutty flavor, a light golden color, and a nice dose of sweetness from the sugar. It also doesn't skimp on the fat content.
If you've glanced at other no-bake cookie recipes then you'll see how important it is to boil the sugar mixture long enough which will help the cookies to set. Boiling too long will cause the cookies to be dry and crumbly. However, if you don't boil long enough the cookies will not set and will be runny.
Directions. Bring sugar, margarine, milk, cocoa, and salt to a rapid boil in a saucepan for 1 minute. Add quick-cooking oats, peanut butter, and vanilla; mix well. Working quickly, drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper and let cool.
Most no-bake cookies have some sticky ingredient to hold it together. If you used something sticky like butter, peanut butter, melted marshmallows or melted chocolate I would pop them in the fridge, so they firm up. If that doesn't help, I would completely dip them in melted chocolate and let them harden in the fridge.
Baking cookies quickly in a hot oven – at 375 degrees F as opposed to a lower temperature – will make for soft results. They'll bake fast instead of sitting and drying out in the oven's hot air. Ever so slightly underbaking your cookies will give you softer results than cooking them the full amount the recipe says.
Rich, tasty and nutrient-dense, nut butters like almond, cashew, peanut and tahini make excellent butter substitutes for baking and cooking. They will help retain moisture in batter and dough and give your baked goods and other dishes a nutty flavor.
You can't just scoop a few spoonfuls of peanut butter into the bowl and go on with the recipe. A good rule of thumb for utilizing peanut butter as a butter replacement is to use a 50/50 mix of peanut butter and oil (vegetable, canola, etc.)for the amount of butter listed.
If your cookies come out of the oven looking flat, you may not have adequately chilled the dough before baking. Chilling times may vary depending on the cookie you're making, but you should typically chill cookie dough in the refrigerator for at least two hours before you pop it in the oven.
When cookies are too cakey, there are two main culprits: too much leavening (baking powder or baking soda) or too much egg. If there is too much baking powder or baking soda in the dough, the cookies will rise too much when baking, creating a cakier structure. Eggs also promote a cakey structure in cookies.
The oils in natural peanut butter tend to separate, causing cookies to spread and take on a gritty texture. You can use it, but conventional peanut butter is preferred for the best cookie texture.
Sugar free cookies containing chocolate chips with sweetener. We Bake with Love Not... Hydrogenated fats or GM ingredients and certainly no artificial colours, no artificial flavours, no artificial preservatives. 87 kcal Per Serving**Serving size = 2 cookies (20g)Excessive consumption may produce laxative effects.
You didn't press the batter down before sliding them into the oven. Your cookies will end up chewy when you leave the batter as-is. How can I make my cookies crunchy? Adding more butter to your recipe, baking your cookies longer, and letting them cool on the baking sheet will help give you crunchier cookies.
Cookies become hard when the moisture in them evaporates. This can be caused by leaving them out in the air for too long, baking them for too long, or storing them improperly.
Extended Baking Time: One way to achieve a crunchier texture is to bake the cookies for a longer period of time than the original recipe suggests. Keep a close eye on them to prevent burning, but allow them to bake until they turn golden brown around the edges.
It is important to note that, most of the time, a cookie isn't completely done cooking until up to 20 minutes after it comes out of the oven: as it cools it firms up, sets, and finishes baking.
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