A healthier way to enjoy one of America’s favorite cookies! To make this vegetarian, use a milk substitute (i.e. almond milk or coconut milk).
Prep Time::10 mins
Cook Time::5 mins
Additional Time::20 mins
Total Time::35 mins
Servings::40
Yield::40 cookies
Ingredients
1 ⅔ cups white sugar
½ cup milk
½ cup cocoa powder
⅛ teaspoon salt
½ cup peanut butter
5 tablespoons applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups rolled oats
Directions
Mix sugar, milk, and cocoa powder together in a saucepan; bring to a boil and cook at a boil for 1 minute. Remove saucepan from heat and stir peanut butter, applesauce, and vanilla extract into the hot mixture until smooth. Add oats and stir until evenly mixed.
Drop oats mixture by spoonful onto waxed paper. Cool completely before removing from paper, at least 20 minutes.