Mud Puddle Cookies

These are one of my favorite recipes, often referred to as "no-bakes" I always grew up calling them Mud Puddles. So delicious, so easy and gone SO fast!

Mud Puddle Cookies

-1/2 cup butter

-4 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa

-1 3/4 cups sugar

-1/2 cup milk

-1/2 cup peanut butter

-3 cups oats

-1 teaspoon vanilla extract

In saucepan combine butter, sugar, milk, & cocoa.  Bring to a boil and heat for 1 1/2-2 minutes.  Remove pan from heat and mix in peanut butter, oats & vanilla. Drop my tablespoonful onto wax paper and let cool until hard.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chunk Cookies

My pinterest feed is filling with pumpkin flavored EVERYTHING, so that must mean fall is almost here! Despite the still burning temperatures here in the desert, I'm more than willing to embrace delicious flavors while I wait for the weather to catch on. So I'm re-sharing my favorite recipe, one of those "it wouldn't be *blank* without them" recipes.  Well, it wouldn't be fall without these delicious pumpkin chocolate chunk cookies!

They are delicious, light & fluffy cookies.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 egg

1 cup canned pumpkin

1 tsp. milk

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 tsp cinnamon

2 cups flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Heat oven to 375. Mix oil & sugar. Blend in egg, pumpkin, milk and vanilla.

Add dry ingredients. Stir in chocolate chips.  Drop by tablespoonful on greased cookie sheet. 

Bake for 10-12 minutes.

Enjoy!