i am going to make this a "irish" recipe and replace the milk with irish cream!

How did the Irish cream substitute for the milk? Sounds like just what I'm looking for! Did it turn out okay?

My son is allergic to peanuts so I substituted almond butter insted it turned out great and is a wonderful treat for him.

We make this with coconut instead of peanut butter, and it works wonderfully. Something to also perhaps help the allergic to peanuts folks. I have added chopped pecans, just a bit different and tasty too!

My son is allergic to milk so I just substituted water in place of the milk & it worked well most of the time... It was a wonderful treat for him as he could not eat may things.

I just made this recipe for my niece who is allergic to gluten and all milk and soy products. I substituted coconut oil for the butter and grated pear (peeled and cored) for the milk. I also used whole (gluten-free) oats and it worked great! I plan to try adding a few chopped pecans in the next batch. They disappeared faster than anything I have ever made for her!

My daughter has severe peanut allergies. We love this recipe and use SunButter (made from sunflower seeds) instead of peanut butter. Mmmmm-mmmmm good! It's a yummy snack which she loves to help me make!

We discovered these when a boy at Strong Elementary School told my sister Sally that his mother boiled cookies. She told him there was no such thing so he brought her some along with the recipe. This was in the late 50s.
I have used several variations. I have always used old-fashioned oats and they work fine. I've added chocolate chips and they were wonderful, made them more creamy. I've used dark chocolate cocoa and I've used soynut butter (my granddaughter is allergic to peanuts). I've also added coconut and pecans. I haven't found anything yet that will make these cookies taste bad. It is the favorite cookie of my daughter and all three of my sons.
My only problem is timing. Sometimes they're too soft and sometimes too hard. It's difficult to get the time just right.

My kids are allergic to peanut butter but I substitute it with sunbutter (sunflower butter) and my kids LOVE it!!

Co-worker with peanut allergy. Left out pb and cocoa. Added 1 box butterscotch pudding (dry). Added handful chocolate chips at the end. I poured into 9x13 pan let cool and cut.

My little girl is allergic to peanut butter, so we use sun-butter (sunflower seed butter) instead. I even think it's better!

I became allergic to nuts some years back and these cookies are what I miss the most. However, I found some sunflower seed butter in the grocery the other day and decided to try the recipe with that in place of peanut butter.

Holey Moley, They are so good! The sunflower seeds have a very nutty taste and turned out great. One tip on the peanut butter. The all natural nut butters have a lot of oil and you want to decrease the butter used by about 1/8 (1Tbsp.) stick. Too much fat and they might not set up. I used to use plain old peanut butter and it worked better than the über natural kind.

Loved it, only I substituted milk with chocolate almond milk the little girl I nanny for is allergic to milk, boy she really enjoyed these cookies, thank you for sharing.

I am 51 and have made these since I was a young teenager. We were very poor and had surplus food from the government and this recipe was in a surplus food cookbook. About 20 or so years ago I started substituting 1/2 a 12 oz. bag of semi sweet chocolate chips for the cocoa. They are fudgier tasting and always harden for me. I have had a version of this made with brown sugar and no cocoa. Also my friends husband is allergic to peanut butter so they leave it out and they said it was still good.

I only used 1 cup of sugar, no peanut or other nuts because of daughter's allergies and some coconut. Instead of cocoa powder I broke a few squares of dark chocolate up and added around 2.5 cups of oats. It's still very sweet for our taste. I think UK tastes are not as sweet as US ones...still my daughter LOVES it. =)

Gluten free - use GF Oats
Dairy free - use coconut oil and coconut milk
Peanut free - use sun butter or almond butter
I love how easy it is to make allergy-free treats for my favorite friends :)

I'm 13 and I love to cook! These are a great starter for kids. When I was baby sitting, I used this as an activity. The kids loved them! They disapear almost right before your eyes!

My mother & I have been making these for years. Never use soft butter to make stick works best. I make 5 batches for the foot ball team to have after the away game! They were gone long before it was time to leave for the game.

I love these cookies my mother made them now me & my kids are learning . my husbands great Aunt made them and left out the cocoa just peanut butter for his great uncle,( when he need the extra fiber.) DR orders!!! honest!!!

Great frozen as well, I always use about a cup of extra oatmeal (to make them seem healthier) and I've tried melting some fudge on top, which was a really good idea.

MMMMM..Just like Mom use to make. I just made these for my church bake sale .... I forgot how good these are and how easy they are to make.. My husband loves these with chocolate chips and peanut butter.

This recipe was a favorite of our families, I 60 and my mom got the recipe from a friend from Missouri. My Dad saw my Mom making them and said they looked like Cow Patties, it stuck and they have always been Cow Patties to all of us.

try using jello pudding mix in the recipe instead of chocolate cocoa. It makes them tighter and not so gooey.

how many to they make..i go to a local retirement home and put on easy peasy cooking classes and want to make sure i have enough...need about 60
should i double the recipe?

Hi. I need some help. I can't find any quick-cooking oatmeal in the supermarket here, in Dunedin NZ. Can I substitute it with Scotch Oats or rolled oats? How should I alter the recipe? Thank you in advance.

Quick- cooking oatmeal is also known as Minute Oats in the name brand of Quaker...

Sorry, after I posted this I noticed you were in New Zealand. If you have microwave oatmeal there... I bet you could use those packets to measure out the oats and if it is sweetened... adjust the sugar and the number of packages to equal the volume. Regular oats do not work because they are too hard and they turn out dry. I know this because I made them as a little girl with regular oats, the ones we ate for brakfast, it was like eating dry oats with chocolate. My mother told me I needed to use the other oats in the cabinet, called minute oats to cook in recipes. Maybe if you soak regular oats in the milk, for a few minutes, and then add the other ingredients and adjust the milk a few more Tablespoons when you cook them in the pan to make the cookies turn out the right consistency. Good Luck!

To Ili in New Zealand ... Hi, I have just made these using Pams McOaties (available at Pak n Save Dunedin, I did not alter the recipe and they seem to have worked out just fine, they have the seal of approval from my kids (who are still fighting over the leftovers in the pot!!). They still need to cool some more but so far, are delish :) Give it a go, hope this helps.

Hi Nancy (in Tennessee) and Andrea (in NZ). Thanks for the help. I've managed to successfully made the cookies. I use Home Brand quick oats from Woolworth, South Dunedin. I substitute the peanut butter with coconut. It tasted very good. Thank you.

Ili, the rolled oats would be a better choice than the Scotch oats. You want to choose the faster cooking oat.

can you use old fashioned oatmeal instead of quick cooking?

I used dark chocolate cocoa because I did not have any regular cocoa and it turned out yummy!

My mom made these when I was growing up and when she passed I never could remember the recipe so thank you whoever posted it!!! Now I can share them with my husband!

I am 54 years old and this recipe (without the peanut butter) was in my 4th grade English textbook. It was the first recipe that I remember making completely by myself. It is still my favorite after all these years.