No Bake Chocolate Peanut-Free Cookies

2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup cocoa
pinch salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup butter
1 cup soynut butter (can find at wal-mart, I like the kind sweetened with honey)
3 cups quick-cooking oatmeal (must be quick-cooking)

In a large saucepan, combine sugar, milk, cocoa, salt, vanilla, and butter.  Mix well.  Bring to a boil and cover saucepan for 30 seconds to allow steam to wash sugar crystals down sides of pan.  Stir mixture and bring it to a hard boil that can't be stirred down for 1 minute.  Then remove from heat and stir in soynut butter until smooth.  Add oatmeal and mix well.

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

Drop mixture by spoonfuls onto waxed paper.  Let cool completely; store at room temperature.

Variations: can substitute 1 cup coconut for 1 cup oatmeal, or add milk chocolate chips after mixture has cooled.  I guess you can use peanut butter instead of soynut butter, but who would want to do that?