No-Bake Cookies

These are little sugar bombs. There are lots of recipes out there for this, but this is the right one!  Many others are too dry.

Makes: almost 5 dozen
Calories per cookie: ~100

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup chunky peanut butter
• 1½ cups dessicated coconut
• 3 cups quick or porridge oats

Combine the cocoa, sugar, butter, milk and vanilla.  Melt together over low heat.  Bring to a boil over low/medium-low heat, then allow it to boil for one minute.  Remove from heat.

Add peanut butter, coconut, and oats and mix well.  Drop by small spoonfuls onto wax or baking paper and let cool.

Philippine Polvoron

1 cup flour
½ cup powdered milk
just under ½ cup melted butter
½ cup sugar

You will also need a way to mold them into shapes (typically a polvoron mold).

Toast flour in a pan on the stovetop for about 15 minutes, stirring constantly, until light brown.  Transfer to bowl.  Add powdered milk and toss for 3-4 minutes.  Add sugar and butter and mix well.

Push batter into molds, press in with a spoon, then release.  If the batter is too loose, add more melted butter.

Chill in the fridge until firm.

Wrap polvoron in cellophane (or, in Germany, I used Butterbrotpapier) - I wrap a piece around and twist the ends like candy wrappers.  Store in fridge.