Oreo Balls

From Sam Allen

Ingredients

1 pkg Oreos
1 pkg Cream Cheese, Softened
12 oz Dark Chocolate Almond Bark, Melted

Directions

Put the Oreos in a large plastic bag and crush until fine crumbs form. Using your hands, incorporate the cream cheese until well blended. Form into small, bite-sized balls. Dip into the melted almond bark and set on a cookie sheet. Refrigerate or freeze until set.

Reeses Peanut Butter No-Bake Bars

Ingredients

1 c salted butter, melted
2 c graham cracker crumbs
1/4 c brown sugar
1 3/4 c powdered sugar
1 c peanut butter
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 11 oz bag of chocolate chips

Directions

Combine all ingredients, except chocolate chips in a medium bowl. Stir until mixture is smooth and creamy. Pour mixture in a 9x13 pan. Melt chocolate chips in a microwave at 50% power for 1-2 min. Stir chocolate and pour over peanut butter mixture. Spread chocolate with a spatula. Tap pan on the counter to even out chocolate. Refrigerate for 1 hour, at least. Cut bars while they are still cool. Enjoy!

Easy Bread in a Bag

Ingredients

3 c flour, divided into 3 separate 1 c measures

3 Tbsp sugar

1 package (2 1/4 tsp) rapid rise yeast

1 c warm water

3 Tbsp olive oil

1 1/2 tsp salt

Directions

In a resealable plastic gallon-sized bag, place 1 c flour, sugar yeast, and water. Squeeze out excess air and seal. Squish by hand until thoroughly mixed. Set aside for 10 min, bubbles will form. Open bag and add 1 c flour, oil, and salt. Seal bag and squish until blended. Add last cup of flour, continue mixing. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead 5-10 min or until smooth. Place into loaf pan. Cover with a towel and let rise for 30 min. Preheat oven to 350 and bake for 25-30 min, or until golden brown.

Peanut Butter & Jelly Cookies

From Skinnytaste.com

1 very ripe banana
1 to 1 1/2 T peanut butter
1/2 cup oats - recipe suggests quick oats but I used regular old fashioned and it was good

Mash banana and peanut butter until smooth. Stir in oats.

Drop on cookie sheet and make thumbprint in middle.

Bake at 350 degrees 15 to 20 minutes until lightly browned. Fill with your favorite jelly or jam. What a great use for those brown bananas. Recipe can be easily doubled or tripled.

Rumpledoodles aka Heffalump Cookies

From the Heffalump Movie

Ingredients
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 c butter
1 c rolled oats
1 c flour
1 c coconut
2 tbsps molasses
1 c white sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp baking soda
2 tbsps boiling water
1/2 c raisins

Directions
Step #1 Preheat oven to 350°F.
Step #2 Grease 2-3 cookie sheets.
Step #3 Mix oats, flour, cinnamon, coconut, raisins, baking soda & salt in large bowl.
Step #4 Melt butter in microwave in a small bowl.
Step #5 Add molasses & boiling water to the butter.
Step #6 Pour butter mixture into the flour mixture, stir well.
Step #7 Drop by tsps onto cookie sheets.
Step #8 Bake 12-15 mins.

Saltine Toffee

From Karen Shultz

1 c butter
1 c brown sugar
saltine crackers
1 c chocolate chips

Line a 9 x 13 cake pan with saltine crackers. Boil butter and brown sugar for 30 seconds, stirring constantly. Pour mixture over saltines. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes until bubbly. Top with chocolate chips, spreading them over the top as they melt. Allow to cool and cut into pieces.

Dirt Cake

Cream together
2-8 oz pkg cream cheese
1/2 stick butter
1 1/2 c powdered sugar

Separate bowl add 2-3 oz pkg instant vanilla pudding and 3 1/2 c milk.

Let pudding partly set then mix with cheese mixture. Mix in 8 oz whipped topping or whipped cream.

Crush 1 1/4 lb pkg Oreo cookies.

In a large flour pot layer pudding mixture with cookies, ending with cookies. Insert silk flowers or plants then serve.

Colored Popcorn

Essentially a popcorn ball without the ball

1 c sugar
1/4 c water
1/4 c butter
1/4 t salt
Few drops of food coloring

Mix all ingredients together in a pan. Boil to soft ball stage. Remove from heat and add 6 cups popped popcorn. Let set 10 minutes.

Gobbly Gook Cookies

1 Glob Peanut Butter
2 scoops brown sugar
1 handful sugar
1 smidgen butter
3 dit dots vanilla
1 handful flour
2 itsy bits salt
4 glubs quick oats
1 small blib cocoa powder
4 dribbles milk

Mix butter, sugar, milk, cocoa, and salt in saucepan with a wooden spoon.
Over low heat, boil mixture for 1 minute, stirring with wooden spoon
Remove from heat and add peanut butter, vanilla, oats and flour.
Stir until well mixed
Will a spoon, drop mixture on waxed paper to form drop cookies.
Let them cool and enjoy!

Squeeze Fudge

3 ounces cream cheese softened
1/2 c butter softened
1/3 c cocoa powder
1 t vanilla
1 lb powdered sugar

Place all ingredients in a large ziplock plastic bag, then squeeze it and squish it until the fudge is creamy and mixed. Enjoy!