No-Bake Peanut Butter HayStacks
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup real butter (1 stick)
- 1/2 cup canned milk
- 1 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups quick oats
- 1/2 cup coconut (loosely packed)
Instructions
- Line bottom of an 8 x 8, or a 9 x 9 pan baking dish and sit aside. Skip this step if you choose to drop by spoon, to make individual cookies.
- In a larger stew type pot, add the butter and melt over medium heat.
- Once the butter is melted, add the sugar and canned milk.
- Slowly bring to a rolling boil over medium heat. Make sure to stir almost continually to prevent scorching.
- While still on medium heat and once rolling boil begins, continue to boil and stir for one minute.
- After one minute, remove from heat and stir in vanilla, then stir in the peanut butter and coconut, and mix well.
- Stir in quick oats and mix well.
- Pour mixture into the parchment paper lined baking dish and press out evenly to cut into squares, or drop by spoon fulls to make individual cookies.
- Sit aside and allow at least 30 minutes to cool. Allowing sixty minutes to cool would be more adequate.
- Pull parchment paper with cooled haystacks from pan, and cut into desired sized haystacks. Store in air tight container.