These easy drop cookies are are Best No-Bake Peanut Butter Cookies ever! Rich and sweet these peanut butter cookies are a classic treat that can be mixed up in 15 minutes.
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Quick and Easy No-Bake Cookies
Creamy peanut butter lovers cannot stop eating these No-Bake Peanut Butter Cookies. Drop cookies are one of the first cookies that I learned how to make. There are only 6 ingredients and the oven isn’t needed.
Line a cookie sheet with wax paper and use a cookie scoop or spoon to drop cookies of your preferred size. The cookies will quickly set up on the countertop, but I recall placing them in the refrigerator to help harden while growing up. I think using the refrigerator may have been more out of habit than necessity, but when you want a cookie and don’t want to burn your tongue you get creative!
These peanut butter no-bake cookies are a classic recipe that my family has made for generations! My mom always added cocoa to make them chocolate, but we love amping up the peanut butter and leaving the cocoa out.
When I need cookies to take to a family gathering or potluck, cookies to celebrate my husband coming home from the hospital or cookies to celebrate kids coming home from school, Almond Bark Specials or these peanut butter cookies are my go-to recipe. We had a pretty good scare last week, something was wrong with my husband. He finally went to get it checked out and they found an unprovoked blood clot in his lung. A healthy man with an active, healthy lifestyle, scary stuff! Thank God it was caught in time and he will be able to regain his lung function over time.
Ingredients Needed for Peanut Butter Drop Cookies:
- Butter
- Milk
- Sugar
- Peanut Butter
- Quick Oats
- Vanilla
How to Make No-Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
- Mix sugar, butter and milk in a saucepan over medium heat.
- Stir often until mixture boils.
- Remove from heat and quickly add remaining ingredients.
- Stir well and drop onto cookie sheets that are lined with wax paper.
- Allow cookies 20 – 30 minutes to set-up or harden and enjoy!
Tips for Making Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies:
- Measure all ingredients out before starting because when the mixture boils you’ll need to move quickly
- The recipe starts slow, but stay close and pay attention because when the mixture boils the pace will pick-up quickly
- Quick oats are key to achieve the desired consistency in this recipe
- I like to use a 1.5 tablespoon cookie scoop to make uniform cookies
- Using a larger scoop is fine too
- Store in an airtight container or bag
- Makes 44 cookies with a 1.5 tablespoon scoop
- Recipe can easily be cut in half or doubled without affecting taste or quality
Other Easy Cookies:
- Almond Bark Specials
- Creamy Crispy Cookie Treats
- Delicious Bar Cookies
- Fudge Meltaways
- Pay Day Crunch
- Butterscotch Refrigerator Cookies
- Chocolate and Peanut Butter Bar Cookies
- Easy Cowboy Cookie Bars
Printable Recipe for the Best No-Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
Best No-Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups quick oats
Instructions
- In a saucepan over medium heat mix butter, milk and sugar.
- Stir often to prevent burning. When mixture begins to boil, remove from heat and quickly stir in remaining ingredients.
- Use a cookie scoop or spoon to drop cookies of desired size onto a wax paper-lined baking sheet.
Notes
- Measure all ingredients out before starting because when the mixture boils you'll need to move quickly
- The recipe starts slow, but stay close and pay attention because when the mixture boils the pace will pick-up quickly
- Quick oats are key to achieve the desired consistency in this recipe
- I like to use a 1.5 tablespoon cookie scoop to make uniform cookies
- Using a larger scoop is fine too
- Store in an airtight container or bag
- Makes 44 cookies with a 1.5 tablespoon scoop
- Recipe can easily be cut in half or doubled without affecting taste or quality
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