Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients:
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1/2 cup milk
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
1 stick butter

Instructions:
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Heat over medium heat while stirring until boiling. Let boil for 5
minutes, then remove from heat. 

Stir in:
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3 cups oatmeal
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup peanut butter (optional)

Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto wax paper and let cool (or start
eating - they are good hot too). You have about 3 to 4 minutes after
removing from heat to get the oatmeal stirred in and the cookies dropped
out. After that, enjoy licking the pan and your fingers. I
experimented with less milk (1/3 to 1/4 cup) and boiling for 1 to 3
minutes, and sometimes the cookies came out with a better texture
(moister and softer), but sometimes they never set up at all and we ate
them with a spoon. This way they are a little dry after storing a
couple of days, so I just make sure they get eaten sooner. 



Source: rec.food.recipes