These rock cookies bring back so many memories. I just love these, it is a very traditional South-African favorite!

The recipe is not my own, it’s Cecilia Bedser’s Recipe from Food Lovers Recipes.

I only used 3 cups of oatmeal.

Rock Cookies

These cookies are not baked. Work quickly when you scoop into pans.

This set quite quickly.

500ml sugar

125ml milk

125ml cocoa

125ml butter

125ml peanut butter

5ml vanilla essence

about 5 x 250ml oatmeal or meusli or a mixture of the two

Place the sugar, milk, cocoa and butter in a saucepan and bring to boil while

constantly stirring.

Lower the heat and simmer for 3-5 minutes.

Remove from heat and stir the peanut butter and vanilla essence into the mixture.

Just add enough oatmeal so that the mixture is firm.

Take two teaspoonsful and place onto sheets of baking paper and leave it to set.

Makes 46 cookies.

Source: Cecilia Bedser