No Bake Cookies!

Here's a personal favorite: No Bake Cookies with Oatmeal, Peanut Butter, and Chocolate....a killer combo! This is a quick, easy recipe for some of my favorite cookies!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Butter

2 cups Sugar

4 Tbsp Cocoa Powder

1/2 cup Milk

1/2 cup Peanut Butter

2 tsp Vanilla

3 cups Oats

Directions:

Add butter, sugar, milk and cocoa powder to a sauce pan (mine was pretty small, but its your call). Bring to a rolling boil, then let the mixture boil for about a minute. After, remove pan from heat. The add the peanut butter and vanilla and stir until smooth. Next add the oats and stir well, After, take a spoon and scoop spoonfuls onto wax paper (make them as big or small as you want). Let cool and sit, and enjoy:)

**NEWSFLASH** Just thought I'd let y'all know that these are gluten-free!

Christmas Wassail

Now here's a simple recipe for a classic holiday drink. Not only does it make a warm, toasty drink, but it will make your house smell amazing!

1 gallon Apple Cider

2 cups Cranberry Juice

1/2 cup Honey

1/2 cup Sugar

1 Orange

1 Apple (peeled and diced)Ground Cloves

Allspice (ground)

Ginger

Nutmeg

4 Cinnamon Sticks

Make sure you do this in a decent sized crockpot! Turn crockpot on a low setting, then add the cider, cranberry juice, honey, and sugar, and stir to let honey and sugar dissolve. Then, cut an orange (don't peel) into slices and place inside the pot (slices will float). Then add the ground cloves, just about a pinch. Add in the diced apple. Then add in spices; about 2 tablespoons each (however much you prefer). Then, crack the cinnamon sticks in half and throw in the pot. Stir together every once in a while and let it sit and simmer for about 2-4 hours. Then sip and enjoy:)

Yummy Peanut Blossoms

hese are an old childhood favorite of mine! They are so fun to make and SO good to eat:) They make a perfect holiday treat and are only 100 calories (for you "mousy" eaters)! Here's the recipe:)

1/2 cup Sugar

1/2 cup Brown Sugar

1/2 cup Butter, softened

3/4 cup Peanut Butter

1 Egg

1 tsp Vanilla

1/4 tsp Salt

1 3/4 cup Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda

1/4 cup Sugar

About 36 Hersey Kisses

Add sugar, brown sugar, butter, and peanut butter to a mixing bowl and mix until softened. Then, add the egg, vanilla, and salt and mix together. Next, add flour and baking soda and again mix. Once you have all the ingredients mixed, prepare a separate bowl with the 1/4 cup sugar. Then, roll pieces of dough into one-inch balls and cover each one with sugar. Place sugar-covered dough onto a cookie sheet (do not grease, only 12 to a sheet) and bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes. Once out of the oven, insert a Hersey Kiss in the middle of each cookie. Do it as soon as it gets out of the oven. The kiss will stick better to the cookie and also retain it's shape. Let cool and enjoy:)

**I just learned this, replace Hersey Kisses with mini Reese's and it's magical!