| 1 | Combine oats, vanilla and nuts in a bowl and set aside. |
| 2 | combine sugar, cocoa and evaporated milk in a heavy, 2-quart sauce pan. |
| 3 | Bring to a full rolling boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. |
| 4 | Let boil, while stirring, for 2 minutes. |
| 5 | remove pan from heat and add the butter. |
| 6 | Stir until butter is melted and incorporated. |
| 7 | Quickly add oat mixture to pan and stir until well mixed. |
| 8 | drop by the spoonful onto waxed paper. |
| 9 | Let cool for 2 hours to set. |
| 10 | notes: |
| 11 | * no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies -- this may be my all-time favorite cookie recipe. |
| 12 | I don"t remember where i got this particular version of the recipe but i remember my great-aunt making these cookies for us as kids. |
| 13 | * my great-aunt never put nuts in these cookies. |
| 14 | I like nuts but i find that they get lost in the recipe. |
| 15 | If you want the oats to be less prominent, use quick-cooking oats. |
| 16 | They will fall apart somewhat in the final mixing. |
| 17 | * a heavy sauce pan makes burning the fudge less likely but stir, stir, stir, anyway. |
| 18 | * the cooking time at boil is important. |
| 19 | Cooked too little the cookies will not set; too much and they start to harden before you get them out of the pan. |
| 20 | * these cookies are better the next day, if there are any left. |
| 21 | : difficulty: easy to moderate. |
| 22 | : time: 20 minutes preparation and cooking, 2 hours cooling. |
| 23 | : precision: measure the ingredients, watch the cooking time. |
| 24 | : suzanne padgett : hadron, inc., fairfax, virginia, usa : seismo!hadron!suz |
| 25 | : there is no such thing as too much chocolate! |
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