No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies Made With Cream

Produces gorgeous glossy cookies. A Real Simple recipe by Gina Marie Miraglia Eriquez, published online December 2011.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Yields: 36 cookies

Ingredients

• 8  tablespoons butter (1 stick)
• 1 1⁄2 cups  packed light brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup heavy cream
• 1⁄3 cup  unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1⁄2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1  teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 3  cups old fashioned oats (not quick-cooking)
• 1  cup  dry roasted peanuts

Directions

1. In large saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Stir in brown sugar, cream, and cocoa; boil 1 minute.
2. Remove saucepan from heat, add peanut butter and vanilla, and stir until smooth. Stir in oats and peanuts.
3. Drop heaping tablespoonfuls of the batter onto wax paper–lined baking sheets, spacing 1 inch apart, and let cool until set, about 20 minutes.
4. Storage suggestion: Keep the cookies at room temperature, between sheets of wax paper in an airtight container, for up to 3 days.