How to Make Microwave Cookies

Let's start with a chocolate chip cookie;
these are hard to resist whether you bake them in the oven or the microwave.

Ingredients:
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 ½ cup Bisquick
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- ¼ cup chopped nuts (optional)

Directions:
Put the vegetable oil in a bowl, and stir in the sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Blend this until it is lump-free. Next, stir in the Bisquick mix. When this is thoroughly blended, fold in your chocolate chips and gourmet nuts. Drop the cookies onto a microwavable dish (make them smaller than you would for a conventional oven). Each microwave cooks differently, but in general, it takes about 2-4 minutes on medium setting.

This recipe calls for the microwave - but not to bake the gourmet cookies.

Ingredients:
- 1 stick butter or margarine
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ cup cocoa
- ½ milk
- ½ cup peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups quick oats

Directions:
Start by placing the butter into a microwavable bowl and melting it (usually about 45 seconds on high). To the melted butter, add the sugar, cocoa, and milk. Stir this well and then microwave it for about four minutes on high. Remove, stir it well, and put it back in for one more minute.

Next, add the peanut butter, vanilla, and quick oats. Stir well. This is your dough. Now all you have to do is cover a cookie sheet with wax paper, and drop dough by the spoonful onto the sheet. Let these cool completely - you can put them in the refrigerator to help them along). When they are firm, they are ready.

This is a hearty cookie that will not fail to cheer you up on a cold day.

Ingredients:
- 1 cup flour
- ½ cup chunky peanut butter
- 1/3 cup sugar
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons water
- 3 tablespoons grape jelly

Directions:
Mix together the flour, peanut butter, sugar, and butter until combined. Add water a drip at a time until the mixture holds together. Roll the dough into 1 inch balls and arrange them on a microwave plate. Use a spoon to make depressions in the cookies.

Microwave these for 2 to 3 ½ minutes. Press the cookies with the spoon again and fill the depression with ¼ teaspoon of jelly. Put it back into the microwave for another 30 seconds. Let the cool completely and enjoy!

Delicious, decadent. What more can I say, besides, "yum!"

Ingredients:
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 ½ cup quick rolled oats
- ¼ light corn syrup
- ½ cup dried cranberries
- ½ cup sweetened flaked coconut
- ½ cup walnuts, chopped

Directions:
Get an 8 inch microwavable baking dish, and start by melting your butter. Stir in the brown sugar, and continue stirring until it is dissolved. Then, add in the rest of the ingredients, and press the cookie mixture firmly into the dish. Microwave this for 3 to 5 minutes, until lightly browned. Let them cool, cut them into bars, and enjoy!

Try some of the delicious microwave cookie recipes you can find online, and give your oven a rest.