Bison Dung Cookies

Bison Dung Cookies

Prep Time: 15 minutes                                          Cook Time: 5 minutes         

Total Time: 20 minutes                                         Makes: 24 cookies

Ingredients:

       2 cups sugar                    1/2 cup milk

                1/2 cup cocoa                            1 pinch salt

                1/2 cup butter                          1 cup peanut butter                           

                1 teaspoon vanilla                      3 cups quick-cooking oatmeal

Directions:

1.     In large saucepan, combine sugar, milk, cocoa, salt, and butter. Mix well.

2.    Bring to a boil and cover saucepan for 30 seconds to allow steam to wash sugar crystals down sides of pan.

3.    Stir mixture and bring it to a boil that can't be stirred down for 1 minute.

4.    Then remove from heat and stir in peanut butter and vanilla until smooth.

5.    Add oatmeal and mix well. Do not use regular or instant oatmeal; quick-cooking oatmeal is essential to the success of this recipe.

6.    Let the mixture stand for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally to let the oatmeal absorb some of the liquid.

7.    Drop mixture by spoonfuls onto waxed paper or parchment lined baking sheets.

8.    Let cool completely before eating. Store tightly covered at room temperature.

Pioneers as well as Native Americans used bison dung as a fuel source for their fires.  Along the trails of the pioneers children would be sent to collect the "buffalo chips" and would even use a chip as a Frisbee!!!