Name: Expedition No-Bake Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 stick butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups rolled oats (I used SuperG Quick Oats)

Instructions:

• Combine cocoa, sugar, milk, and butter in a sauce pan. Bring to a boil (~10min over medium heat) and boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Remove mixture from heat, and stir in oats, vanilla, and salt.
• With a tablespoon, drop on waxed paper on a cookie sheet. Set aside to cool.

Comments: Took about 30 minutes to do (except for overnight cooling)
8/13/2018 - I made 22 large cookies.
8/13/2018 - This recipe is nearly identical to the No-Bake Oatmeal Chocolate Cookies recipe, which has the option of adding 2 tsp vanilla and 1/2 cup of walnuts with the oatmeal. I merged the two by increasing the amount of vanilla. I did not use walnuts, but added a teaspoon of almond extract. That resulted in a fairly strong flavor. The yield was 20 large cookies.
8/13/2018 - I tried to follow the recipe as above but with 2 teaspoons of vanilla. It came out very sweet - like candy - and with a lot of liquid. Did I lose count and accidentally use 2 1/2 cups of oats instead of 3? It made 20 cookies.
8/10/2020 - I added 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts to the mix. Otherwise, it was exactly as specified. A soup spoon gave me 25 cookies.
2/22/2021 - We got 22 cookies, without salt.
8/7/2021 - I doubled the vanilla. The soup spoon gave me 24 cookies.

Source: Gail's recipe cards

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