Oatmeal No-Bake Cookies

These no-bake cookies use rolled oats, stirred into a cooked brown sugar and butter syrup that's flavored with peanut butter. The cookies are dropped onto waxed paper and set up as they cool.

Ingredients:

• 3 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 3 cups quick-cooking rolled oats (oatmeal)

Directions:

Combine brown sugar, water, butter and salt in saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for one minute. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter and vanilla, then oatmeal. Cool slightly. Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper on a heat-resistant surface.

Number of Servings: about 3 dozen pieces