No bake drop cookies are a quick and easy way to whip up some delightful treats. Because these cookies do not need to be baked in an oven, they are generally simple recipes that take as much as half the time to complete. For hot summer days when you don't want to turn on the oven or when the day seems to be packed full to the brim with work and chores, no bake cookies can save the day.
No Bake Drop Cookie Basics
No bake cookies are made in a number of ways: some are made with the use of a stovetop or microwave, whereas others involve only the mixing of ingredients. No bake drop cookies generally have simple directions and ingredients. Because the cookies are not baked, they may include the use of nuts, pudding, oatmeal and cereal to help bond ingredients and create both texture and flavor. Another great plus to no bake drop cookies is that many of them do not require refrigeration.
The following are just some no bake drop cookie recipes that are sure to please:
No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Drop Cookies
Ingredients You Will Need:
A stick of butter
2 cups of sugar
½ cup of milk
4 tablespoons of cocoa powder
3 cups of quick cooking oats
½ cup of smooth peanut butter
1 teaspoon of vanilla
Take the butter, sugar, milk and cocoa, and boil it on medium heat while stirring at a consistent pace. Boil for three minutes, and stir in other ingredients. The dough can then be dropped on wax paper and placed in a refrigerator to cool.
The more often you make this recipe, the more you might want to vary the amount of cocoa powder and peanut butter depending on how you like your chocolate and your peanut butter.
Orange No Bake Drop Cookies
Ingredients You Will Need:
3 cups of powdered sugar
1 pound of crumbled or smashed-up vanilla wafers
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 6-ounce can of thawed orange juice
1 stick butter, melted
1 bag of shredded coconut
Take the powdered sugar, vanilla wafers, walnuts, orange juice, and butter and mix together in a large bowl. Mix until fully combined, and then drop one-inch balls on a sheet lined with wax paper. Lastly, roll in the coconut, and then let cool and harden.
Maybe you don't have an oven, or maybe you do, but it's used more for storage than it is for baking. Either way, these easy and delicious recipes are perfect for you. |
The birth of the cookie came to be when small amounts of cake batter were dropped onto baking pans to test the temperature of ovens before a large cake was baked. Cookies were originally called little cakes due to their size and for the fact they could be eaten from a hand rather than a plate or saucer. |