No Bake Cookies
A quick Google search on the history of these cookies turns up several variations of the same story. “No Bake” cookies were (and still are) called Preacher Cookies by many in the south and Appalachia.
Legend goes that women living in rural homesteads could see their preacher coming to visit from far away (I guess there were no other buildings to block the view?) and they would reach for the ingredients to make these cookies, because by the time he made it to the house, they would be done.
Whether any of that is true or not (it sounds true, don’t you think?) the fact remains that these no bake cookies are insanely easy and insanely delicious. Seven ingredients and about ten minutes are all you need to make a batch of cookies that people will go nuts for at a gathering (eventually) or a bake sale. Or to just eat alone when watching TV – I wont tell if you don’t.
Technically, when you make no bake cookies (or Preacher Cookies, or Cow Pies, or No Cook Cookies or any other various name they’re known by) you’re actually making candy. Boiling together butter and sugar is a classic candy-making technique.
No Bake Cookies
Recipe details
- 20 Cookies
- Prep time: 3 Minutes Cook time: 5 Minutes Total time: 8 min
Comments
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I love these but can a sugar substitute be used instead of regular sugar
Can you use chocolate chips instead of cocoa powder?