Healthier No Bake Oatmeal Cookies

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).

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 5 mins
• Total Time: 15 mins
• Calories: 79 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup milk
• ⅛ teaspoon salt
• 3 cups rolled oats
• ½ cup cocoa powder
• 1 ⅔ cups white sugar
• 5 tablespoons applesauce

Recipe Instructions

Step 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.

Step 2

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