Healthier No Bake Oatmeal Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 2/3 cups white sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup peanut butter
5 tablespoons applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups rolled oats

Preparation

Mix sugar, milk, and cocoa powder together in a saucepan; bring to a boil and cook at a boil for 1 minute. Remove saucepan from heat and stir peanut butter, applesauce, and vanilla extract into the hot mixture until smooth. Add oats and stir until evenly mixed.
Drop oats mixture by spoonful onto waxed paper. Cool completely before removing from paper, at least 20 minutes.