Week#1 No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Cookies

Week#1

I was really anxious to kick all this off but at the same time, I didn't want to pick something too out of my leauge. No Bake you say? I can do that!! And it turns out I did!! They turned out JUST like they were supposed to (WARNING: This will not happen every time) and they were SUCH a hit! I made sure that we had plenty of compancy over so I could get as much feed back as I could. Most of the feedback sounded like something you would hear on a different planet since all their faces were STUFFED with these awesome cookies! I made about 3 dozen and it took exactly 42 min for them to disappear. Success? I think so.

In fact! They disappeared SO fast that I forgot to get a picture of them to post on the blog! I managed to snap a shot of the last cookie before anyone grabbed it!

Here is the recipe: (Don't laugh... I said I had to start out easy)

No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

Yield: About 3 Dozen

Prep Time: 10 Min
Cooling Time: 30 Min

1/2 cup (1 stick) Butter
2 cups Sugar
1/2 cup Milk
4 tablecpoons Cocoa Powder
1/2 cup Peanut Butter
2 teaspoons Vanilla
3 cups Oats

1. Add the first four ingredients (through the cocoa powder) to a 4 qt sauce pan

2. Bring to a boil for 1 Min

3. Remove from Heat

4. Stir in the peanut butter, vanilla and oats until smooth

5. Drop by heaping tablespoons onto wax paper

6. Let cool 30 Min or until set

There you have it!

My Top 100 Things I Want to Learn to Cook...

Here it is. My list of 100. My weekly adventure for the next 2 years. Are you prepared for this? Good.

Breads
1. Bagels
2. English Muffins
3. Sour Dough Bread
4. Donuts
5. Zucchini Bread
6. Gingerbread

Cookies
7. Macaroons
8. Snickerdoodles
9. Gingerbread cookies
10. Cannolis

Desserts
11. Chocolate Mousse
12. Bread Pudding
13. Creme Brulee

Pastries
14. Strudel
15. Eclairs
16. Cream Puffs
17. Turnovers

Cakes
18. Crumb Cake
19. Coffee Cake
20. Pineapple Upside Down Cake
21. Angel Food Cake
22. Carrot Cake
23. German Chocolate Cake
24. Pumpkin Roll
25. Cheesecake
26. Chocolate Cheesecake
27. Flourless Chocolate Cake

Pies
28. Lattice Topped Pie
29. Apple Pie
30. Cholocate Cream Pie
31. Pecan Pie

Italian Food
32. Lasagna
33. Manicotti
34. Chicken Parmesan
35. Fettuccine Alfredo
36. Tortellini
37. Pizza

Soups
38. French Onion Soup
39. Cream of Mushroom Soup

Entrees
40. Beef Stroganoff
41. Baked Ham
42. Stuffed Cabbage
43. Roast Chicken
44. Beef Wellington
45. Stuffing

Mexican
46. Enchaladas
47. Refried Beans
48. Tacos
49. Tortillas
50. Chimichangas
51. Rice

Misc
52. German Apple Pancakes
53. Crepes
54. Quiche
55. Fudge
56. Truffles
57. Pot Stickers
58. Onion Rings
59. Guacamole

Ice Cream
60. Cookie Ice Cream Sandwhiches
61. Butter Pecan Ice Cream
62. Chocolate Ice Cream
63. Fresh Strawberry Ice Cream
64. Salted Caramel Ice Cream
65. Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
66. Tin Roof Ice Cream

More Misc
67. No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookie
68. Cheesecake Bites
69. Oreo Cheesecake Cookies
70. Baked Brownies
71. Chocolate Chip Cookie Doug Brownies

More to come....

Introducing... BAKE or BREAK

So I came up with a new goal and here it is. I'm gonna learn to cook. Sound easy? Not for me. Anyone that knows me knows that I do NOT know how to cook unless I have someone next to me telling me what to do every step of the way. But this ends today. (techinically it ended last Sunday when I started)

My GOAL: Once a week, cook something on my list of "Top 100 Things I Want to Learn to Cook" and blog about here it, complete with recipes, pictures, mishaps (there's bound to be a few) and so on.

I have never made such a commitment in my life as this will actually take longer than 2 years. (I haven't even been able to commit to a relationship for 2 years) But I my heart is set on completing this and becoming the cook I want to be. Who's with me?