BAKING

Cake Balls

 Mrs. Qunicy at the bank always helps Charles from when he was in the fraternity to now as a NWTF finance person. She has known him since he came to school in 2007 and she now has a special attachment to us. Okay so she even is curious as to when Charles and I will get married or even engaged, along with everyone else =). She's mentioned she expects an invitation so she's a funny lady and so sweet! So for her birthday this Wednesday and Christmas I made {with some help from Charles} Red Velvet Cake Balls Inspiration. This is my first time, and they didn't come out to bad, obviously not as pretty as my inspirations, but they'll do and taste good!

No Bake Cookies

These are the easy, really delicious, horribly for you!! I got this recipe from a lady at work who makes them into bars, but I prefer cookies. I made these for Charles' co-workers and some extra for Mrs. Qunicy. Oh and best part-it's in the microwave!

Ingredients:
-2 Sticks of butter
-1 Cup Carnation Milk
-4 Cups sugar
-4 Tbsp Cocoa
-1 Cup peanut butter (I used crunch and it was just fine)
-5 to 5 1/2 Cups of quick cooking oats
-2 tsp vanilla

Directions: {all in microwave}
1. Melt 2 sticks of butter for 3 minutes
2. Microwave with stirring in between each time the following:
-1 Cup Carnation Milk
-4 Cups sugar
-4 Tbsp Cocoa
3. After you have microwaved for 3 different times at 3 mins stir & add in:
-1 Cup peanut butter
-2 tsp vanilla 
-5 to 5 1/2 Cups of oats (you want the consistency to be pretty thick-start with 5 and if you need it thicker add more, I eyeball this)
-Mix all of this really well until all oats are coated
4.You can either spread out wax paper and drop by spoonfuls or you can pour into a 9x13 greased pan and cool. If you do the cookies, it makes about 3 dozen LARGE cookies.

I hope you enjoy all of your holiday baking this year!
-Becca