Merry 2010 Christmas, Friends!

I just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!  I hope that it has been a good season and the busyness hasn't taken over too many of our lives so that we can truly appreciate the gift God gave us on this day many years ago.  Let us not forget the REASON for the Season!

And, now, my little Christmas treat to you all - a fun goodie I made for Christmas dinner [dessert] later today.  Any of Mike's Eugene family reading this - you get to have some!

They are pretty rich for me, but I think they would be perfect would coffee.  Others just scarf them up whole!

Anything with these ingredients ought to make your mouth water:

Click here for the printable recipe.

Have a wonderful Christmas day with your friends and family!

Bake-They-Do-Nots

All you need is a little heat!  Oh, and all the ingredients...

I love making these because they're so easy and quick.  No-Bake Cookies have always been a common dessert in our house and of course I am partial to my mother's version of the recipe:

2 c. sugar

1/2 c. milk

1/2 c. butter

1/4 c. cocoa (unsweetened)

3 c. quick oats

1 t. vanilla

1/2 c. peanut butter

Boil sugar, milk, butter & cocoa for 3 minutes.  Remove from heat.  Stir in oats, vanilla & peanut butter (quickly).  Drop by teaspoonfuls onto wax paper & let cool.

Trust me when I say you can't just eat one - better just pile up a plate like this one!

Here I am about a year ago making the same cookies for the White Elephant Christmas party I threw last year in Peru.  Our Peruvian friends loved it and they did an amazing job at grasping this weird American tradition!

I see there are at least 4 flashlights out on the counter...no surprise...electricity was often taking its own little vacation...  Oh, and, no.  We did not paint the cabinets pink. They came that way!  :)