Saturday, March 30, 2013

Neiman Marcus cookies

  • 1 cup butter (2 sticks)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 1/2 cup oatmeal
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 bag (12 oz) chocolate chips
  • 1 1/2 cups nuts - chopped
Put oatmeal in a blender and blend until it becomes dust or like flour.

Cream the butter with the sugars.

Add the eggs and vanilla.

Add the oatmeal, flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Mix well.

Add the chocolate chips (I don't like chocolate that much so i don't put the whole bag - but that's what the $300 Neiman Marcus cookies recipe was supposed to call for)

Make small balls and place in a cookie sheet to bake for about 10 minutes at 375°

I don't know if the story is real or not or if they are really Neiman Marcus recipe - to be honest i don't really care, These cookies are YUMMY!!!!

Monday, March 4, 2013

Best No-Bake Cookies

I had to admit I didn't believe Paul when he said these cookies were delicious. I don't like chocolate or peanut butter and had tried no-bake cookies before that, well, didn't deserve to be called cookies.  But these are AMAZING!!!! I almost had to be forcefully removed from the kitchen cause i was not giving them time to cool. YUM
  • 2 cups sugar (you can also use 2 cups of Stevia or 1 cup Stevia and 1 cup sugar)
  • 1/2 cup milk (low fat works just fine)
  • 1/2 cup cocoa
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 cups of quick cooking oats
In a pot melt the butter. While on the fire, add the sugar/Stevia, cocoa and milk and cook for a minute - mixing so it won't stick.  Add the peanut butter to mixture while it is still hot and mix till the peanut butter melts.

Take it off the fire and add a teaspoon of vanilla and the 3 cups of oats. Mix quickly as it will start to thicken.

Put tablespoons of the mixture on waxed paper to cool.

Enjoy!