Moon Rocks


Serves: 5
Total Calories: 818

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
3 tablespoons cocoa (optional)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup water
1 cup peanut butter
4 cups oatmeal
1 cup nonfat dry milk
1 cup raisins
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

Combine in large saucepan sugar, cocoa (if desired), salt, margarine, water, and peanut butter. Bring to rolling boil on medium heat; stir as needed to prevent sticking. Remove from burner and add oatmeal, powdered milk and raisins; mix well, then add vanilla. Drop by teaspoons onto wax paper or cookie sheet sprayed with nonstick spray. Let stand till cool.


Fun Fact: Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve (Idaho), at 618 square miles, is the largest basaltic lava field in the lower 48 states. Sixty distinct lava flows form the Craters of the Moon lava field, each ranging in age from 15,000 to just 2,000 years old. Magma poured from fissures in the earth’s crust to form cinder cones, craters, and fields of lava.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 5
Total Calories: 818
Calories from Fat: 209

This Moon Rocks recipe is from the Best of the Best from the Plains Cookbook Cookbook. Download this Cookbook today.


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