Grandma Robbins' Boiled Oatmeal Cookies

• 2 cups sugar
• 1/3 cup cocoa
• 1 stick oleo
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups oatmeal
• 1/2 cup peanut butter

Combine sugar, cocoa, oleo and milk; bring to a boil. Boil 1 minute. Remove from heat, add vanilla and peanut butter. Mix until smooth. Add oatmeal and stir until mixed. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper. Let cool until dry. Lift with spatula and store in a tightly closed container.

*A tip I learned from her is if the mixture is too dry add about a tablespoon of milk to the mixture while still in the pan and warm to loosen it up.

An alternative recipe:

2 cups sugar

4 tablespoons cocoa

1/2 cup milk

1 stick oleo (margarine)

1/2 cup chopped nuts (I omit, use crunchy peanut butter instead, if you wish)

1/2 cup peanut butter

2 to 2 1/2 cups minute oats

2 teaspoons vanilla

Mix together sugar, cocoa, milk and oleo. Boil 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter, then oats. Add vanilla and nuts. Drop onto waxed paper, 1 teaspoon at a time. Let cool until set.