No-Bake Cookies

1/8 Tbsp. (?) salt
1/2 cup milk
2 cups sugar
4 Tbsp. cocoa
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 Tbsp. vanilla
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 1/2 cups oatmeal

In a 3-qt. saucepan, combine salt, milk, sugar and cocoa, stirring well. Place on low heat and add butter, stirring until melted. Increase heat to medium. Bring to a boil for one minute. Remove from heat and add vanilla and peanut butter, stirring well. Add oatmeal and stir well. When mixture begins to get thick, drop onto waxed paper by the dozen. Cool and eat.

These are beat-the-clock cookies. You have to work fast or the batter will harden before they're dropped. Much more fun to make them with a friend, especially if you're making a double-batch, which you always should.

(recipe contributed by Dione)