This recipe was clipped from a newspaper, date is unknown but most of the recipes in this collection were from the 1940s through the 1960s. Recipe is typed below along with a scanned copy.
EASY MIX COOKIES
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup butter
4 tblsp. cocoa
1/2 cup milk
1 teasp. vanilla
1/2 cup peanut butter
3 cups uncooked instant oatmeal
Mix sugar, butter, cocoa and milk. Bring to a boil and cook 1 minute. Remove from heat. Add vanilla, peanut butter and oatmeal. Quickly drop from teaspoon onto waxed paper. Makes about 3 1/2 dozen cookies.