It’s week three and Nine Days till Christmas. Can you believe it?
I have no christmas baking in the house. None. Zippo. Nada. Why? My children keep eating it. LOL
Thank you to all those who participated last week – it was an awesome prize and I’m so thrilled to state that Shadow Kohler won! Shadow – please send me an email at assistant@steenaholmes.com so we can grab your address and mail out the awesome basket of goodies you won!
Week three is epic. Awesome prize pack valued at $75 – but it’s a secret and you’ll have to wait to see what you win! Again – just share your recipes to win!
I learned early on that one way to my husband’s heart was with cookies. He’s not a sweet guy (which is great since it means more chocolate for me) but when it comes to warm cookies…he can’t keep his hands off. Funny story – when we first met, my car was having issues and he took a look at it and fixed it for me. My way of thanking him (since he had a girlfriend at the time) was to bake him some chocolate chip cookies. The moment he bit into one – well…the rest is history 🙂
My sister-in-law shared this recipe with me when I was first married. Every time I make these cookies, my husband tends to stand over my shoulder with a spoon and eat the mixture right out of the pot. If I do manage to get some on the parchment paper, he eats those too while they are still warm. I will admit – I tend to wait till he’s home before I make them since I know they are a weak spot. And I may (ahem) have made some in hopes to divert his attention when I had bad news to share in the past. HAHAHA (shhh…that’s our secret).
Now it’s your turn! Share your favorite “NO BAKE” recipe in the comments below 🙂 When you share (or tag me on FB with a recipe or on Pinterest) you’re entered to win…and this week’s prize basket is AWESOME!
Those sound so yummy! A lot like No Bake Cookies, love those! So need to make a batch of them. Its been away. lol I love cookies! I just tried this one, so good!!
SECRET KISS COOKIES
Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter of margarine, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
1 cup finely chopped walnuts–I use slivered almonds
1 bag (6 oz) Hershey’s kiss milk chocolates–I use Hershey’s with almonds
Powdered sugar
Directions:
In large mixer bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add flour and walnuts/almonds; beat on low speed of electric mixer until well blended. Cover; refrigerate dough 1 – 2 hours or until firm enough to handle.
Remove wrappers from chocolates. Heat oven to 375. Using approx. 1 tablespoon of dough for each cookie, shape dough around each chocolate piece; roll to make ball. (Be sure to cover each chocolate piece completely). Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 10-12 minutes or until cookies are set but not brown. Cool slightly; Remove from cookie sheet to write rack.
While still slightly warm, roll in powdered sugar. Cool completely. Store in tightly covered container. Roll again in powdered sugar just before serving.
These are tooooooo die for! My mouth started to water when I think about these!!! They won’t last long!
Jenny Statons Peanut Butter Balls
1lb margarine or butter
2 cups peanut butter
2 ½ to 3 lb powder sugar
3 tsp vanilla
6oz semi sweet chips or squares
¼ lb paraffin wax
Cream together margarine and peanut butter, add enough sugar or consistency to form balls. Add vanilla and mis thoroughly with hands. Roll inot marble size balls. Melt chocolate and paraffin in small double boiler. Dip balls into chocolate using toothpick or skewer for dip stick. Place on waxed paper to cool. Place in fridge. They freeze really well also!
Makes about 125 balls.
I just made these WItH my daughters This weekend….along with hopscotch krunchies and ohenry bars and fudge! Makes great Christmas gifts! :). Judi k,.
Oreo truffles
( do these count as cookies?! At least they are no bake) these are sooooo good!!
Ingredients
1pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1pkg. (15.5 oz.) OREO Cookies, finely crushed (about 4-1/4 cups), divided
2pkg. (8 squares each) BAKER’S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted
MIX cream cheese and 3 cups cookie crumbs until well blended.
SHAPE into 48 (1-inch) balls. Dip in melted chocolate; place on waxed paper-covered baking sheet. Sprinkle with remaining cookie crumbs.
REFRIGERATE 1 hour or until firm. Store in tightly covered container in refrigerator.
HOW TO MELT CHOCOLATEPlace unwrapped chocolate squares in microwaveable bowl.
Microwave on HIGH 2-1/2 min. or until chocolate is completely melted, stirring every 30 sec.
HOW TO EASILY DIP TRUFFLESTo easily coat truffles with the melted chocolate, add truffles, in batches, to bowl of melted chocolate.
Use 2 forks to roll truffles in chocolate until evenly coated.
Remove truffles with forks, letting excess chocolate drip back into bowl.
Place truffles on prepared baking sheet; let stand until firm.
HOW TO STOREStore in tightly covered container in refrigerator.
Congrats Shadow for winning last week.. 🙂
I wanted to say. I LOVE SURPRISES!!! 🙂
Thank you Tina!! Thank you Steena!! <3
Love No Bake Cookies~~~Very Easy to Make!!
1 3/4 cups white sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup butter
4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
3 cups quick-cooking oats
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, milk, butter, and cocoa. Bring to a boil, and cook for 1 1/2 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in peanut butter, oats, and vanilla. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto wax paper. Let cool until hardened.