You saw the title right: “Becky’s” Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies. For those of you who don’t know me well, I have two amazing and incredibly talented sisters. Now, I didn’t say that to make you think they are perfect or to get them to comment and say all sorts of wonderful things about me. As a matter of fact, I would be scared if they got on here and started talking about me. I’m sure they are scared of what I am writing at this moment about them.
A Sisterly Bond Like No Other
However, despite all of our differences of opinion, we have a bond. It’s okay for us to talk about one another, but if you let someone start talking about our sisters, and we don’t care how true it is, we will still rise to their defense. It doesn’t mean that we agree with each other 100%, nor does it mean that we don’t squabble and have our arguments, but it does mean we will always be there for each other regardless of the situation. We love each other!
Fond Memories of Growing Up
Becky is my oldest sister. We are five years apart. She was the better sister when it came to listening to mom’s advice about cooking and baking. We have a lot of fond memories of growing up as kids. I will give you one and move on to this amazing recipe.
The Great Bird Incident
When we were younger, my parents had a wood-burning stove in the living room. During the summer, my mom would put some type of fabric over the top and decorate it with some of her pretties. One of those pretties was these two lovebirds kissing. One day, for who knows what reason, Becky and I were arguing. We hit the door of the wood stove, and the birds fell and broke. We immediately stopped what we were doing and just stared. We knew that our mother was going to kill us when she got home (it’s just a metaphor, people).
We went searching. We were doing our best to find some type of glue. We were no longer thinking about fighting and arguing.
Our common goal at that moment was survival from our mother.
We eventually found superglue and carefully glued the pieces together. I think we did a pretty amazing job! We gently set it back up on the wood stove and made a pack to NEVER tell mom. Our mom came home, and she never noticed.
Whew! That was a close one!
It wasn’t until we were gone and married that we were reminiscing about the time when we finally told our mother about the birds. I think we both felt it was safe to talk about it, knowing that we were both married and no longer living at home. She never knew. We had a great laugh at that and decided it might be time to tell her about the other set of birds my little sister, Crystal, and I broke because we cranked the music up too loud on our dad’s stereo system.
The joys of sisterhood!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
I am giving you this recipe because it is super simple and requires little effort. Best of all, you don’t have to wait for them to cool. You can eat them hot. Instead of putting them on the wax paper to cool, simply grab a bowl and put some in it. Eat it right away. Either way, they are amazing. Especially if you like peanut butter and chocolate.
I have not tried this as a low-sugar recipe, but I would think, and I may try it soon, that you could simply substitute the sugar for Swerve Confectioner’s. As far as the peanut butter goes, you can use a lower-sugar peanut butter.
Tips from Becky for Perfect Cookies
- Make sure you mix the sugar, milk, and butter first. Let them come to a boil and boil for one minute before adding any of the other ingredients. This process helps dissolve the sugar.
- Next, remove it from the heat and add in the cocoa, vanilla, and peanut butter until smooth.
- Finally, add the oats.
- Simply spoon them out onto wax paper and allow them to cool, or put some while hot into a bowl.
Enjoy Anytime!
We hope that you enjoy this recipe as much as we do at every holiday gathering. But don’t wait until a holiday to try it. Throw it together and put it in a cookie jar to enjoy throughout the week when that sweet tooth rares its ugly head.
ENJOY!
Becky’s Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ cup butter (unsalted)
- ½ cup milk
- ⅓ cup cocoa
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup peanut butter
- 3 cups oats (instant is the best)
Instructions
- In a large pot, add sugar, butter, and milk. Bring to a boil and allow to boil for 1 minute.
- Remove from heat and stir in cocoa, vanilla, and peanut butter until smooth.
- Last, add in the oats. Stir until fully combined.
- Spoon out onto wax paper and allow to cool completely.
Notes
- Remember, you can always eat these warm right out of the pot. Simply place them in a bowl and enjoy.
- Do not skip allowing the milk, sugar, and butter boil for one minute. This is very important to the process.
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Sounds wonderful! Looking forward to making these cookies!
I love the personal stories as well!!!!!
Great post…especially that “Becky was the better sister…” thing! Haha! I just want to add that if you’re feeling really adventurous, you can do like my son and pour some cold milk into the bowl of your fresh cookies and have the best of both worlds in one container! Can’t wait to see what other marvelous things are posted here. Love my sisters and my family! They’re the best! ❤️