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Cute Easter Treat
Cute Easter Treat: No Bake-Ums Cookie Nests with Chocolate Eggs My grandmother’s recipe for no bake cookies has been one of my all time favorite recipes. They’re so good Kai has learned to make them. They also are great thank you gifts. One of Arielle’s teachers always gets excited when she brings him “no bake-ums.” Chocolate and peanut butter are synonymous with Easter goodies. I was going to make chocolate peanut butter eggs but then remembered my favorite cookie. It turns out they’re quite malleable and can be shaped into a nest or an egg. I spent the evening experimenting and this is what I came up with. I already posted the recipe for the…
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The 12 Pounds of Christmas
This little carol is brought to you by my bathroom scale which insists on climbing to new heights. I’m telling myself it has to be muscle from all the weights I’ve been lifting. Those gallons of egg nog and apple cider are really heavy. On the first pound of Christmas, my true love gave to me… A bag of Cape Cod potato chips On the second pound of Christmas, my true love gave to me… Two Fudge Ritz crackers On the third pound of Christmas, my true love gave to me… Three no-bake cookies On the fourth pound of Christmas, my true love gave to me… Four pumpkin muffins On the…
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Super Easy No Bake Cookies
Ingredients: 1/2 Cup Milk 1/4 Pound Butter 2 Cups Sugar 3 Tab. Cocoa (unsweetened) 1/2 Cup Peanut Butter 1 Tsp. Vanilla 3 Cups Quick Oats (I used Quaker 1 min. Oats) Step one: Melt the butter, milk, cocoa and sugar and bring to a boil for one minute. Step two: Remove from heat and add the peanut butter and vanilla. Step three: Slowly stir in the oats. Step Four: Spoon the cookies onto wax or parchment paper. Done! I usually double the recipe and give them away as teacher gifts or bring to cookie exchanges. Please join me on Facebook.
