I was inspired by my cousin Ali's foodie runner blog to put some up of my fav. recipes! I'm by no means a professional, but I do enjoy baking, especially these delicious no bake cookies I've heard called any number of things, but in the Lewis house, we called them Buffalo Chips. I am still trying to figure out the secret to making them crunchy rather than gooey - experiments have included using butter rather than margarine, using more oatmeal and coconut than the recipe calls for, and boiling the liquid ingredients for longer. None seems to work every time, so now I'm just surprised with whatever comes out!

1 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 cup butter (or margarine) 1/2 cup milk 1 tsp vanilla 1 cup coconut 3 cups oats 1/2 cup peanut butter (optional) 3 - 5 tbsp cocoa (I usually split the difference and use 4)

Melt margarine, about 1 minute, in the microwave.


Add milk and vanilla to the melted butter. Mix cocoa and sugar together and to the mixture

I'm on an Almond 'milk' kick right now, and it's worked wonderfully in all my baking so far...

Mixing the cocoa with the sugar means you don't have gross cocoa clumps!

Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add other ingredients. Stir until the oatmeal and coconut are coated with chocolaty goodness


 Drop on waxed paper or cookie sheet. (I usually put waxed paper ON a cookie sheet)



Chill and enjoy.

Notice how empty my huge fridge is!