Southern Style No Bake Oatmeal Cookies

These southern style oatmeal no bake cookies use rolled oats, stirred into a cooked brown sugar and butter syrup that's flavored with peanut butter. The cookies are placed onto waxed paper and set up as they cool. Cooling time should range between one to two hours.

Ingredients
3 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 tsp. vanilla
3 cups quick-cooking rolled oats (oatmeal)

Directions
Combine brown sugar, water, butter and salt in saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for one minute. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter and vanilla, then oatmeal. Cool slightly. Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper on a heat-resistant surface.

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