Jacob's No Bake Cookies

My oldest son is in 2nd grade, and one of his recent assignments was a how-to paper. After thinking for a while and knowing that his dad and I (and his teacher) would probably say no to anything baseball, he decided he wanted to make no-bake cookies. "Like the ones Daddy makes." (He says this because Mommy doesn't make no-bake cookies because mommy doesn't like no-bake cookies. Shhh. I ate his and loved them. ;-)

Daddy makes his sister's recipe, which turns out to be the go-to recipe I've seen floating around Pinterest lately (found here).

The only thing is that this recipe calls for the use of the stove and boiling things. Not really safe for a clumsy absent minded 8 year old. After all, he IS his mother's son. So, working together we adapted the recipe to the microwave AND added a 'secret ingredient'. He was able to make these by himself with only a little supervision. How cool is that? I'm raising a chef....or at least a kid who might be happy to help his mommy in the kitchen, wahoo!

So, here it is, exactly the way it appeared in his finished paper.

Do you like chocolate and peanut butter? If so, then here is a kid friendly recipe for how to make No Bake Cookies. 

½ cup butter
2 cups sugar
½ cup milk
4 Tbsp cocoa
½ cup peanut butter
3 to 3 ½ cup quick cooking oats
2 tsp vanilla

First combine butter, sugar, milk and cocoa in a medium microwave safe bowl. Microwave until butter is melted, about 3 minutes, stirring every minute or so. Then microwave for about 30 seconds more, until bubbly. Then quickly add the last ingredients. Add the secret ingredient. Scoop out onto wax paper, and allow to cool. Finally eat.

Here are some more pics.

What bubbly looks like coming out of the microwave.

All mixed up and ready to scoop.

Jacob chose white chocolate chips for the secret ingredient. They melted, but marbled in. So, it looked like a mistake at first, but turned out to be a pretty good choice in the end. I ended up dipping my fingers in water and pushing them down into disks after he scooped them all out.