no bake chocolate oatmeal cookies

[jeaniepie777]

I just made a batch of these cookies but they will not set, they've been setting for an hour and they are still gooeee! does anyone have any suggestions?

[Zeldaz]

Recipe number?
The sugar probably wasn't cooked long enough.

"...once they are done there is nothing you can do to fix them.
you need to boil them longer rolling boil.take a glass of cool water after boiled for 3 min drop a drop of the syrup into the glass it should form a ball right away and fall to the bottom. then it is ready to mix."

[Dee514]

There are 42 recipes in the database with that name.....I don't know which recipe you used, so I can't say for sure what happened.

The most common reasons for them not setting up are:

- the weather.....if its humid or damp, they don't always set well
- they were not cooked/boiled long enough
- they were cooked/boiled too long
-not enough oatmeal (sometimes you need to add a bit more) - never use instant oatmeal it is too finely ground.
- using cooked/prepared oatmeal instead of raw oatmeal.