No-Bake Cookies

1 stick butter
1/2 cup milk
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup cocoa 
1 teaspoon vanilla 
1/3 cup peanut butter 
3 cups quick oats*
1/2 cup walnuts (optional)

Melt the butter in a large pan; add milk and stir. Mix sugar and cocoa together and then add to butter/milk in pan and bring to a boil; boil for one minute.  Turn the stove off. Add vanilla,  peanut butter, oats, and walnuts if desired and mix together.  Drop spoonfuls onto wax paper to cool. Enjoy! *Add more oats in very wet or humid weather. 

Note: These are great cookies to make in the hot summer months when you don’t want to have to turn the oven on.