Healthier No Bake Oatmeal Cookies

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Servings: 40
Yield: 40 servings

Description

These no-bake cookies feature oats, peanut butter, and applesauce.

Ingredients

1 2/3 cups white sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup peanut butter
5 tablespoons applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups rolled oats

Directions

1 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.
2 Drop oats mixture by spoonful onto waxed paper. Cool completely before removing from paper, at least 20 minutes.