Boiled Oatmeal Cookies Preacher Cookies Food

PREACHER COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix butter or margarine, cocoa, sugar, milk, and salt together in saucepan. Boil for 1 minute.
• Stir in oatmeal, peanut butter and vanilla. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper. Allow to cool and harden.

BOILED OATMEAL COOKIES (PREACHER COOKIES)

Steps:

• Put oats in a large bowl.
• In a small saucepan over medium heat bring to a full boil: butter, milk, sugar, and cocoa. Reduce heat and simmer for 3 minutes. Remove from heat. There is a knack to this. Boil them too long, they will be dry and crumbly, too short and they will be runny.
• Quickly add peanut butter, salt, vanilla.
• Mix liquid into oats. Add more oats as necessary until it has a moist doughy consistency.
• Quickly put in buttered cake pan or quickly drop by the teaspoonful onto wax paper. Let them stand at room temperature for one hour.
• Variations: Add 1/2 cup coarsely chopped nuts, or Coconut. Replace 1/2 the oats with coconut. Use less cocoa and more peanut butter.

MOM'S PREACHER COOKIES / AKA NO BAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine margarine, sugar and milk; boil for 3 minutes.
• Remove from heat, add vanilla and peanut butter.
• In large bowl, combine oatmeal and cocoa.
• Add cooled liquid mixture to oatmeal mixture. Stir well.
• When slightly thickened, drop on waxed paper, and cool competely.

PREACHER COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Mix butter, cocoa, sugar, milk, and salt together in saucepan. Boil 1 minute.
• 2. Stir in oatmeal, peanut butter and vanilla. Let cool, then roll into small balls and flatten out on wax paper. Refrigerate for 15 minutes then take out and leave at room temperature.