"MISSOURI MUD COOKIES" my favorite childhood cookies

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Momma Doris Jeannette’s

Original recipe from my mother, Dortha Mann

MISSOURI MUD COOKIES

1 cube butter

2 cups granulated sugar

3 tablespoons cocoa

½ cup of milk

½ cup peanut butter (chunky or creamy; I prefer chunky)

1 teaspoon vanilla

Pinch of salt

3 cups of minute oats (old fashioned also works)

Cook on stove over medium heat.  Stir until mixture comes to bubbling boil.  Cook 1 minute.  Watch carefully!  Do not over cook.  Take off the heat.  Stir in quickly.  Add peanut butter, vanilla, salt and oats.  Spoon out on wax paper.

Note:  If you use natural peanut butter, cook the cocoa mixture 2 minutes or longer.

Recipe Background:  Received from my mother, Dortha Mann, in the 1960’s.