No-Bake Fudgy Oat Cookies

Name: No-Bake Fudgy Oat Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 3 dozen.
Ingredients: 2-1/4 cups quick-cooking oats; 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut; 1/2 cup 2% milk; 1/4 cup butter, cubed; 2 cups sugar; 1/2 cup baking cocoa; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 15 min. + standing YIELD: 3 dozen.

These fuss-free cookies have stood the test of time. I got the recipe from my mother-in-law back in 1949...and my grown daughter asked me to share it with her so she could make them for Christmas!—Elizabeth Hunter, Prosperity, South Carolina

Ingredients

2-1/4 cups quick-cooking oats
1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
1/2 cup 2% milk
1/4 cup butter, cubed
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine oats and coconut; set aside. In a large saucepan, combine milk and butter. Stir in sugar and cocoa. Bring to a boil. Add oat mixture; cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla.
2. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 1 in. apart onto waxed paper. Let stand until set.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 92 calories, 3g fat (2g saturated fat), 4mg cholesterol, 19mg sodium, 17g carbohydrate (13g sugars, 1g fiber), 1g protein.

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