A tradition I’ve carried with me from my growing up is making cookies, and my mom always made one kind of cookie EVERY SINGLE YEAR! They were our favorites, and now they also have become a favorite for my kiddos.
No Bake Cookies!
No Bake Cookies! At least, that's what we called them when I was growing up!
At least, that’s what we called them growing up.
I moved to Canada, and it seems my “No Bake Cookies” have various other names, depending on the region of the country you are from. Those names are MUCH more fun than “No Bake Cookies”, too.
If you’re from BC, you might call these Beaver Dams.
If you’re from the Prairies, you might call them Hay Stacks.
I’ve heard them called Mud Pies, “Piles” (alluding to their possible resemblance to a pile that a pooch might leave behind), No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies and Super Easy No Bake Cookies. They ARE Super Easy, by the way! No matter what name you give them, everyone calls them YUMMY! (recipe below)
So, what do YOU call these cookies? And what special cookies or treats are traditions around your house at Christmas?
Super Easy No Bake Hay Stack / Beaver Dam / Something-er-other Cookie (one in my hand, others on the table)
Super Easy No Bake Hay Stack / Beaver Dam / Something-er-other Cookies
(this recipe is so old – I have no idea where it came from, but it’s in my recipes from my Grandmother!)
3 cups quick oatmeal
1/2 cup pecans or walnuts (can be left out, but better with them in!)
1/2 cup coconut (I like longer shredded coconut better)
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa (powder)
1/2 cup better/margarine
1 tsp vanilla
Mix first 3 ingredients in a large bowl. Mix next 4 ingredients in a heavy saucepan and bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly. Remove chocolate mixture from heat and quickly stir in vanilla. Pour chocolate mixture over dry mixture and stir until well blended. Drop by spoon onto waxed paper and let cool. (I use a tablespoon sized measuring spoon, but have seen melon-balling spoons or regular spoons used as well. If the cookies start to stick to the spoon and aren’t dropping easily onto the waxed paper, I dip my tablespoon into a cup of hot water between scoops.) I usually double the recipe to make about 84 tablespoon-sized cookies.
They’re “Cocoa Quickies” in my family. It’s 5:47 am and I want some.
Wonderful Ma, she made these all the time for the kids as they were growing up, and not just the little kids, I ate more than my fair share as well!
In her house, they are called Sh*t cookies. Never fails to make the kids howl, because of course they can’t call them what they are, and so there are endless names to try to identify them while talking about them.
Great memories, thanks for posting!
my mommy calls them no bake or chocolate cookies. 🙂
We made these a lot growing up. My mom and grandma called them beaver houses.