. . . wherein I bake too much and tempt you terribly.
No Bake Cookies

The recipe was from the Elkhart County Extension Homemakers Cookbook. I like this particular mix and flavor, though I know everyone has a favorite No Bake Cookie recipe.
Mix together 2 cups sugar, 1 stick butter, 1/2 cup cocoa, and 1/2 cup milk. Bring to a boil for 1 minute. Take off the stove and add in 1/2 cup peanut butter, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. vanilla, and 3 cups of quick oats. Drop by teaspoonfuls (or tablespoons, ahem) onto parchment paper. Let cool (or eat while soft because you can’t wait).
Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting and Cow Sprinkles




Yes, that’s right COW sprinkles. They even have tiny little sugar udders. It amuses me to no end.
I used Ina Garten’s chocolate cupcake recipe, but substituted black foil liners for paper liners and Hershey’s special dark cocoa for regular cocoa. It makes all the difference my friends. The icing is actually a peanut butter cream cheese icing from elsewhere. I loved the idea of peanut butter icing, but really wanted that cream cheese kick. Here’s the recipe:
Whip 1 package softened cream cheese and 1/2 stick softened butter with 1 cup of powdered sugar, 1/4 tsp. salt, 2 tsp. vanilla, and 2/3 cup of peanut butter. That’s it. You can add a little more sugar to make it sweeter, a little more peanut butter if you like it like that, or a little more salt to cut the sweetness. It’s a perfectly decadent topping that tastes light and lovely.
And the cow sprinkles, well, that was just for whimsy, and Shelly, whose birthday we’re celebrating. I did end up with 24 cupcakes, but I had to put them on two plates.
It seems that I can bake and cook with beautiful results right now, but if it’s not a tribble, I can’t knit it. I had to rip out and restart the heel flap on this sock two times.

Apparently I can neither count or read directions correctly. It’s Malbrigo sock, if you were wondering, and a Julip bag. The pattern is the Sunshine sock from Sock Innovations by Cookie A. If I weren’t tired of tribbles at the moment, I would just go knit a few more, but as it is, I really want to work on this sock. . . even if it hates me.