Cooking Classy

It's good to be home and back in the kitchen! Vacation to Cali was fun but oh how I missed my kitchen and the cooking and the baking =). Call my crazy but the kitchen is one of my favorite places to be. The possibilities of what you can create are endless. It was fun to try new restaurants while vacationing but there's nothing quite like a delicious home cooked meal prepared exactly as you wish.  Anyway onto what's important here - these, melt in your mouth, sweetly spiced, Rolo Stuffed Snickerdoodle Cookie dough bites. Quite the name eh? I mentioned a while back how I've become obsessed with cookie dough, well it was no lie. That love led me to create these. I've seen Rolo Stuffed Snickerdoodle Cookies in the past but why not just make them as cookie dough bites without baking? With these you get less mess, less waiting yet still one indulgent, chewy (thanks to that yummo rolo) cookie dough bite. Simply said, they're Fantastic! Note, if you don't want to in...

The No Bake Cookie, its a classic that will never be forgotten. I made dessert in my home probably every Sunday growing up because my mom didn't care much to make dessert but I always wanted it. These were the dessert I made most often, probably from the time I was about 5 years old. We always called them Uncooked Cookies, which is actually more fun to say than No Bake Cookies. These are the perfect 5 minute dessert to make when you are craving chocolate, something deliciously sweet or when you open you flour jar only to find there are only a few tablespoons remaining. Since I've made these countless times I've learned a few tips along the way. The amount of time you boil the mixture determines how set/dry they will be, margarine is out, it's banned =) butter only in these babies, NEVER substitute old fashioned oats in place of quick oats and the best way to serve them up - in paper muffin cups.  This morning I set out to create my own version of the classic No Bake Coo...

Don't worry people, yes Cookies and Cream Chex Mix was a limited edition (Dear General Mills, why would you make the best Chex Mix you've ever created a limited edition?) but the good news, I've figured out how to make them at home! And it's so easy and think they are even better (everything fresh home-made is better isn't it?). Also, I never thought I'd say it but these are even better than muddy buddies! I could eat the whole batch on my own. It takes 4 ingredients and they can honestly be made in under 5 minutes! I made these twice in the last two days (yeah they are that good), the second time around I did an equal ratio powdered sugar to Oreo and it was perfect. I ate these while eating cookies and cream ice cream and I think I may just like these more, that is SERIOUSLY saying something! How could one of my easiest recipes be one of my favorite =)? Sometimes the simplest things are the best. Warning: the following recipe is highly addictive, prepare at you...