About this Recipe

In Grandmother's Kitchen, we (some of us more than others) love our cookies like soul mates. In Grandmother's Kitchen we have been brought up with the motto: "Everything in moderation, even moderation", which to me when it comes to desserts has always meant to enjoy certain high sugar foods in small amounts, but every so often enjoy some guilt free indulgence as well.

If you are looking for a flour-less no-bake cookie recipe than these No Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies are an excellent option. No bake dessert recipes are a gift from the heavens in the summer when you are looking for something sweet but don't want to heat up the house by turning on the oven. They are also a great dessert to make when you have a full oven of baking meals and want to use the stove top for your dessert creation.

Grandmother's Kitchen Tips for No Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies:

1. For storage - Place a row of parchment paper between each row of cookies.

2. Loving the No-Bake trend? Check out more of Grandmother's No Bake Dessert Recipe.

3. If you love a good cookie, also try these Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe or these Chocolate Chip Macademia Nut Cookie Recipe.

4. To really make these cookies like eating a peanut butter cup, drizzle with our

Easy Homemade Chocolate Sauce Recipe.

5. You can use either smooth peanut butter or chunky peanut butter, it's up to you, but only use quick cooking oats when you're making no bake treats as they will soften up easier when combined with the other ingredients.

6. The homemade cookies also look great topped with pecan halves.

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Ingredients

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Makes: 24 cookies

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup whole milk

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

3/4 cup crunchy or creamy peanut butter

2 cups quick-cooking oats, uncooked

24 pecan halves, optional but we use and find it just makes the cookies so much better!

Directions

1. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

2. Combine the sugar, butter and milk in a large saucepan on the stove.

3. Bring to a hard boil and boil for one minute stirring so nothing sticks or burns.

4. Remove from the heat and stir in the peanut butter and vanilla until the mixture is very smooth and well combined.

5. Fold in the oats and while it is still warm drop by spoonfuls. Work quickly as it hardens as it cools.

6. Garnish with a pecan half on each while cookies are warm.

7. Texture of these cookies is crumbly.

8. Place into the refrigerator to harden then move into a container with a lid and keep in the refrigerator.

9. Place a row of parchment paper between each row of cookies.

ENJOY!

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These homemade cookies are not only really yummy, but they also don't have any flour in them either. Finding recipes for cookies without flour can be tough, and if you or someone you know is sensitive to gluten, you may always be on the lookout for homemade cookie recipes without flour.

Finding an excellent gluten-free cookie recipe is like finding gold, so that's why we want to share this one with you so you can enjoy it too. Instead of the flour in this homemade cookie recipe, you'll be using uncooked quick cooking oats which work as an excellent substitute for all-purpose flour. It binds together efficiently when the wet ingredients are added, and the consistency is a lot like regular flour.

These cookies also include some peanut butter which acts as the binding agent to hold all of the cookie dough ingredients together. A 2018 study suggests that eating 2 Tablespoons of peanut butter lessens the blood sugar spike and overall glycemic response to high-glycemic meals. It may be an easy and practical way to prevent evelated blood sugar increases.(1)

References: (1) Lilly LN1, Heiss CJ1, Maragoudakis SF1, Braden KL1, Smith SE2. The Effect of Added Peanut Butter on the Glycemic Response to a High-Glycemic Index Meal: A Pilot Study. J Am Coll Nutr. 2018 Nov 5:1-7. doi: 10.1080/07315724.2018.1519404.