Two-Minute Cookies

Name: Two-Minute Cookies
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: about 3 dozen.
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, cubed; 1/2 cups 2% milk; 2 cups sugar; 3 cups quick-cooking oats or old-fashioned oats; 5 tablespoons baking cocoa; 1/2 cup raisins, chopped nuts or sweetened shredded coconut

TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 15 min. YIELD: about 3 dozen.

My mom used to pack these cookies into our school lunches. They're inexpensive and easy to prepare, so all seven of us children learned to make them. Now they're also a favorite of my two children's.

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, cubed
1/2 cups 2% milk
2 cups sugar
3 cups quick-cooking oats or old-fashioned oats
5 tablespoons baking cocoa
1/2 cup raisins, chopped nuts or sweetened shredded coconut

Directions

1. In a large saucepan, heat butter, milk and sugar. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Boil for 1 minute.
2. Remove from the heat. Stir in the oats, cocoa, and raisins, nuts or coconut. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper. Cool.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 101 calories, 3g fat (2g saturated fat), 7mg cholesterol, 22mg sodium, 18g carbohydrate (13g sugars, 1g fiber), 1g protein.

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