No Bake Cookies

I faithfully make my grocery list and know what I need in detail for each recipe I am making for the week. However, I have a bad habit of not checking to make sure I have all the ingredients before I start baking. I just pull out a recipe and start mixing and often get lucky that we have everything on hand. Last night was NOT one of those lucky moments.

I decided to make No Bake Cookies for Kevin to help cheer him up from a stressful day at work. Here is the recipe with my panic mode modifications...

2 cups sugar

1 stick butter

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup milk (I use lactaid, but coconut, almond, or soy would also make great subs)

1/2 cup cocoa powder

mix together and bring to a boil, boil for 2 minutes

add the follow and remove from heat:

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 tsp vanilla

3 cups oats

So I pull the oats out of our cupboard and realize I only have about 1 1/2 cups!!! So I dump those in and start my search for something else to fill it. After about 10 mins I decide on granola (honey, almond granola). I dump that in until it looks like I have enough. Drop cookie size drops onto a pan and put them in the fridge.

I was really skeptical but they turned out amazing. They have a good crunch to them from the granola but we actually really liked it! I might actually make this my go to recipe next time we want some no bakes. :)