Hot weather recipes?

[Mom2Shaun]

I hate using my oven anytime, let alone when it's hot! So I thought we could have a thread on recipes that don't heat up your kitchen too much. I just found this No Bake Cookie recipe, so here it is!

No Bake Cookies

Ingredients:

2 cups sugar
1/2 cups butter
3 Tablespoons cocoa
1/2 cup milk
3 cup oatmeal.
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
wax paper

Directions:

Have your wax paper spread and ready for the cookies. An adult can help you with the boiling part.

Boil together sugar, butter, cocoa and milk for approx 2 1/2 minutes stirring constantly. Remove from heat and add vanilla and oatmeal. Stir quickly. Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper. Put into fridge to harden. YUM!!

[dcut4]

Here is another one I use, same concept just uses Peanut butter too.

No BAKE COOKIES

* 2 cups white sugar
* 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
* 1/2 cup milk
* 1/2 cup margarine
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 pinch salt
* 1/2 cup peanut butter
* 3 cups quick cooking oats

[DBackFan]

I wonder how these would work using splenda. Maybe I will cut the recipe down and try it..lol

[Army-Mom]

I wonder how these would work using splenda. Maybe I will cut the recipe down and try it..lol

Hey, I use splenda in place of sugar all the time..when I make cookies for my son I use splenda and he loves them..and also when I am cooking anything that calls for brown sugar I also use the splenda brown sugar too..hope this helps. I also use spenda in my tea and coffee..

[newwiccan]

Will those ship well?

[Army-Mom]

I sent my son all kinds of cookies to Iraq and he said they where still good when he got them.

[DBackFan]

Hey, I use splenda in place of sugar all the time..when I make cookies for my son I use splenda and he loves them..and also when I am cooking anything that calls for brown sugar I also use the splenda brown sugar too..hope this helps. I also use spenda in my tea and coffee..

Thank you Marcia. I use it all the time in my coffee too and use it like sugar for absolutely everything BUT I have found that with "some" things it isn't the same. When you need to boil sugar to make it go caramely splenda doesn't worrk right but I do adore the stuff!

[Vee030473]

Will those ship well?

These ship great. I use the recipe with no peanut butter. It is my husband's favorite cookie.

[newwiccan]

Thanks! I've made other cookies and shipped them but have never tried these.

[dcut4]

Thank you Marcia. I use it all the time in my coffee too and use it like sugar for absolutely everything BUT I have found that with "some" things it isn't the same. When you need to boil sugar to make it go caramely splenda doesn't worrk right but I do adore the stuff!

Splenda may not work for these. You boil the sugar, cocoa, milk and butter to make a fudge almost..same concept just thinner.

[sunny sky]

How about some macarroni salad?? Everyone here raves about it LOL and it is the easiest thing to make.

1 pkg macarroni pasta, cooked and drained
Mayo
1 teaspoon mustard
Ham slices, diced
Cheese ( sliced) also diced
celery thinly diced
1/2 a pickle

Mix and refrigerate. YUMMMM

[littlered1]

That mac salad sounds good, I will have to try that kind.

[jcw]

I make the cookies with equal. When you add the peanut butter and oats just add some corn starch to firm them up.I just keep stirring it and adding corn starch till they are firm enough no certain amount.