Why are my oatmeal cookies gummy?

Adding too many eggs can result in gummy, cake-like cookies. Adding too few eggs can result in dry, crumbly cookies.

What causes no bake cookies not to harden?

Boiling too long will cause the cookies to be dry and crumbly. However, if you don't boil long enough the cookies will not set and will be runny. Some folks say bring the mixture to a rolling boil and then count to 60, while others swear by counting to 90.

Why did my no bake cookies not harden?

Why Didn't My No-Bake Cookies Set? Likely, you didn't boil the mixture long enough . You want the butter, milk, sugar, and cocoa mixture to boil for 2-3 full minutes and reach between 190°F-200°F. If you don't boil them for long enough, they will turn out gooey and will not set.

How do you fix gluey oatmeal?

The key to getting a creamy, not-gluey bowl of oatmeal is using enough water. Notice we said water—cooking oatmeal in milk tends to make a stickier, thicker oatmeal. Follow the directions on the canister using H2O, then add a splash of milk or almond milk in the bowl.

How do you make cookies less gummy?

How To Fix Sticky Cookie Dough. Adjust the flour : Add more flour, one tablespoon at a time, to the dough until it reaches a consistency that is easier to handle. Avoid adding too much, making the cookies dry and crumbly.

How do you make oatmeal less gluey?

The outlet explains that moving the oats around releases more starch from the grains, which can cause excess stickiness. For creamy oats, try to stir the oats only once or twice while they're cooking — a technique that Quaker Oats actually specifies in its cooking instructions.

No Bake Chocolate, Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies Recipe (aka If you're in a HUGE pinch dessert)

Over 20 years ago, I received my handy dandy Recipes for Youth Group Survival cookbook.

Yes, as a junior and senior high youth director, my high school kids wanted to make sure I knew some of their favoriteDesserts for Teensand to this day, I still pull out this little mini hand written cook book for my own kids. They’re wonderful recipes for learning to cook with kids because they’re easy, but tried and true.

This No Bake Chocolate, Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies recipe is one we go to often. It might not be the prettiest cookie in the bunch, but its taste will remind you that you can not stop at one.

They are quite decadent, and while I love them exactly as the recipe is written, it’s easy enough to add a little more oats to the mixture once you do your own taste testing (and trust me, much taste testing will occur before they are even formed into cookies.)

While I’ve made these numerous times, this recipe now corresponds with one of those “panic” hospitality moments.

Last year, my (then) high school senior texted me with, “Would it be ok if the college football coaches came to visit today? They want to stop by the house.”

(Our son at that time was in the midst of the college recruiting season and coaches visiting the perspective high schools were common.)

Still in my pajamas and looking around the house, I texted back and replied, “That’s not going to work today. That’s very nice of them, but they can just see you at school. .”

Thinking nothing of it, I went on my merry way with our piles of mountainous clean laundry spread on the couch.

A few hours later, I receive another text. “So sorry, Mom. It’s already planned and they are both coming – (the head coach and the offensive coordinator). They’ll be there in an hour.”

WHAT IN THE WORLD? The head coach was coming to our home? Typically, I am a “Go with the flow” kind of girl, but having the head coach of your son’s future college football team come to your house without warning (clarification – my son knew and forgot to tell me) really does take the pressure up a notch. Especially since I’m not a “have everything in order at all times” kind of person.

The scenario went something like this: me screaming in the nicest voice possible at our other children to grab all the laundry they can possibly muster and run it up stairs, shove everything on the sofas in the closet, hide the dishes in the sink and quickly get the butter melting for these No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies.

Yes, this whole story all comes back around to these cookies. Since they don’t need time in the oven, they should just be called the, “Save your bootie in a pinch” kind of recipe.

Should I change the title?

Those coaches never did know the huge impact they had on making this recipe a new go to favorite and the irony is that I don’t even think they tried one. They were all business and I was all about making sure we had treats to share. 🙂

So go mix these up in minutes and think of me running frantically through our home.

Then sit down, eat a plate full (because you won’t be able to stop at one) and be glad you made these just for fun.

Recipe: No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

Summary: This decadent No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Recipe reminds you that you can’t just stop at one.

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1 stick butter
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup cocoa
4 cups oatmeal
1/2 cup peanut butter

Instructions

Bring butter, sugar, milk and cocoa to rolling boil for one minute, stir often.
Turn off heat.
Mix in peanut butter and allow to melt, then stir in oatmeal.
Drop tablespoon size of mixture onto wax paper and allow to cool and harden.
Enjoy!

Preparation time: 10 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 8

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No Bake Chocolate, Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies Recipe (aka If you're in a HUGE pinch dessert) - Jen Schmidt (2024)

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