Tuesday, October 11, 2011

How to Make Cookies in Minutes: No Bake Orange, Quick Peanut Butter and Easy Chocolate Crackles

Are the little ones always asking you to make cookies? Or perhaps you enjoy baking but don't have much time. These quick and easy cookies are just what you are looking for! No Bake Orange Goodies are so quick and easy it is ridiculous. With orange juice, coconut, pecans, and vanilla wafers, you just know they have to be good. They are also perfect to make with the kids. There is no oven to cause burns, they are fun to roll into balls, and children love rolling them in the coconut. The Quick Peanut Butter Cookies have only four ingredients and one of them is sweetened condensed milk. Have you ever found a bad recipe that contained sweetened condensed milk? The Easy Chocolate Crackles use a cake mix and have a wonderful fudgy center. You can make any of these yummy cookies with a minimum amount of time, preparation, and clean-up.

NO BAKE ORANGE GOODIES
1 lb powdered sugar
1 stick butter, melted
1 can (6-oz) frozen orange juice, thawed and undiluted
1 lb vanilla wafers, crushed into fine crumbs
1 cup pecans, finely chopped
1 cup grated coconut

Combine powdered sugar, butter, orange juice, vanilla wafer crumbs, and nuts together well. Shape mixture into balls. Roll balls in the coconut.

QUICK PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES
1 can (14-oz) sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
dash of salt
1 1/2 cups fine graham cracker crumbs

In a medium mixing bowl, combine the sweetened condensed milk, peanut butter, and salt; mix together well. Stir the graham cracker crumbs into the peanut butter mixture until well combined. Drop by teaspoonfuls, about 2-inches apart, on cookie sheet that has been lightly sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Bake at 375 degrees for approximately 12 minutes until lightly browned. Remove from oven and allow to cool on cookie sheet 2 to 3 minutes. Remove to cool completely.

EASY CHOCOLATE CRACKLES
These cookies are easy to make and they are delicious with a fudge-like center.

1 box Devil's Food Cake Mix
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 tbsp water
1/2 cup shortening
powdered sugar for rolling

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Stir together the cake mix, eggs, water, and shortening until well blended. Using your hands, shape the dough into small (about 1-inch) balls. Roll the balls in powdered sugar and place on an ungreased cookie sheet, about 1 1/2-inches apart.

Bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.

Yield: approximately 4 dozen cookies.

Enjoy!




For more of Linda's dessert recipes visit her blog at http://ladybugssweettreats.blogspot.com
For her diabetic recipes visit her at http://diabeticenjoyingfood.blogspot.com

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