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My no-bake cookie recipe is going to ROCK your WORLD

Plus, 10+1 variations to spice up the recipe and try new ways to make the no-bake. 

Follow the recipe below.

No Bake Cookies

Ingredients:
1/2 C butter
1    C white sugar
1    C brown sugar
1   tsp salt
3   TB cocoa
1/2 C milk
1   TB corn syrup or honey
1    tsp vanilla (Mexican vanilla is best, but harder to come by.)
1/4 C Nutella
1    C chopped cashews (roasted and salted preferred)
4-5 C oats ( I used rolled old fashioned, but quick oats will work too.)

Directions:
Butter Sides of pan and let butter melt.
Add sugar, salt, cocoa, milk, syrup, and Nutella.
Bring to a boil.
Boil only one minute.
Take off heat.
Stir in vanilla.
Stir in oats and cashews.
Stir until all coated.
Drop by spoonfuls on waxed paper.
Let cool.

Variations:
1. Try more nuts and less oats. (Roasted hazelnuts would go great w/ the Nutella choice.)

2. Pecans are great in these.

3. Try coconut and macadamia nuts.

4. Substitute Peanut Butter instead of Nutella (but I promise--Nutella is better) and add peanuts.

5. Try Maple Syrup instead of honey or corn syrup.

6. Add nutter butters crushed up, with peanuts. 

7. Add oreos and white chocolate chips.               

8. Try adding marshmallows and crushed graham crackers at the end. 

9. Sprinkles! A great way to for the holidays is to add your favorite colored and shaped sprinkles! 

10. Dried fruit? I guess if you want, you could. Try dried banana chips with coconut, or dried mangoes with cinnamon.

11. Candy canes! A great holiday twist on these cookies. Choose any color of candy cane. 

Tip: Use muffin cups. Instead of always "dropping them by spoonfuls onto wax paper," I use muffin tins. The small muffin ones are best, but the big ones work, too.

 

Breakfast Omelet

Eggs mixed with milk, salt n pepper.

Inside the omelet: Cheddar cheese, diced roma tomatoes, bacon, minced green peppers, lime.

Add a little cilantro on top. Delicious!

Forever a Romney Supporter.

I plan to move to Texas and propose a secession from the union. (Not really, but wouldn't it be great?) We can re-elect R&R for President and throw in  Marco Rubio--we'll want him there. We needed Romney and Ryan. Below is a celebration for all the inspiration they caused. And hopefully Obama will take a hint and employ Romney's strategies in order to save our country.

Romney & Ryan forever.

Those are my Romney/Ryan/Rubio Republican Rice Crispy Treats.

(What else can I do? I'm a recent college graduate who can't find a job. Exactly what Obama can't fix and what R&R could have. What a shame.)

Best Caramel recipe EVER.

This caramel recipe is so versatile. I have made caramel popcorn (which is it originally meant for) caramel chex (the same, but substitute chex or popcorn, and you don't get kernels stuck in your teeth!) Caramel brownies, dipping caramel, and more.

Recipe below!

Ingredients:

1 c. karo syrup

2 c. brown sugar

½ c. butter

15 oz. can sweetened condensed milk

Directions: 
Bring karo syrup & brown sugar to a boil. Add butter. Boil to ‘soft ball stage.’ Take off heat and add sweetened condensed milk. Pour over large bowl of popcorn and mix well.  

Use for so many things!

 

Grandpa's Salsa

I have cut my thumb plenty of times as I sliced the tomatoes for this great salsa recipe. But it is all worth it. I think the tradition started during super bowl time. Whether that's true or not, we don't go a super bowl without this salsa. It's so good, Mom asked my dad to make it for her for her birthday. It makes a big batch and lasts us maybe 3 weeks.

Use Roma tomatoes, tomatillos, colorful bell peppers, jalapeños, onions, cilantro, tomato paste, tomato sauce. Dice and mince according to taste and desire. Stir well. Add some apple cider vinegar and honey to sweeten. Salt to taste.

Hot Cocoa

Just the way he likes it.

This time I used a Starbucks hot cocoa mix. Added some whipped cream on top. Drizzled Hershey's syrup across. Powdered cocoa mix. Added chocolate sprinkles. A cherry on top would have been great too. And voila. Fancy hot cocoa, just the way he likes it.