No-Bake Cookies

No-bake cookies are prepared without the use of an oven. The ingredients are mixed together, formed into cookies and are ready to eat.

Most no bake cookie recipes call for ingredients such as sugar, milk, butter or margarine, cocoa powder, peanut butter, vanilla extract and oatmeal. An addition to these basic ingredients could be chocolate chips, nuts, raisins, honey, marshmallows or crispy rice cereal. Some of the recipes require you to melt together some of the ingredients. This can be done on the stove or in a microwave. The dry ingredients are stirred together in a bowl then the wet ingredients are added to the dry.

Most of the no bake cookies do not need to be put in the fridge before putting them together. It is very important that you follow the instructions to make sure that the cookies come out as they should. If you need to form the cookies, you should spoon the mixture onto a sheet of wax paper as the cookie dough could be sticky. The wax paper will prevent it from sticking.

They are perfect for young children to learn to bake and something that is fun and easy for parents to do with their children. They are also a quick and easy desert if you have unexpected guests coming or you forgot to make something for your guests. They are perfect to stop the craving of a sweet tooth on a hot day as you don’t need to turn the oven on. To make them.http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-no-bake-cookies.htm

Some of the basic no-bake cookies are the chocolate no-bake cookie, chocolate oatmeal no-bake cookie, oatmeal no-bake cookie, peanut butter no-bake cookie, sugar no-bake cookie and chocolate chip no-bake cookie.