No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Happy Superbowl Day everyone! I didn't watch the Superbowl, but I heard that the Giants won.
Anyway, my aunts came over yesterday and we made a lot of foods, including chinese steamed cupcakes 发糕, Steamed Sweet Glutinous Rice Balls , and 碱水粽. The only thing is that for the Steamed Sweet Glutinous Rice Balls, my aunt made them and they look so much better. I'll post pictures later in the post, but for right now, let's talk about cookies.
I made no bake cookies yesterday before my aunts came over and I just had to share the recipe. They are so delicious! No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies are so delicious. It's my first time making and eating no bake cookies, actually. I'm surprised they turned out. I've heard people having problems with it setting or it being to crumbly. Mines came out perfectly, except for the looks. They don't look that good.
My sister likes these cookies. The only thing is that they might be a bit too peanut buttery. However,  I love them. My dad says they are a bit too sweet but I can change that for next time. My aunt said the cookies were good. Then again, she loves peanut butter. Anyway, here's the recipe for the no bake cookies. Warning: They're addicting.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups sugar (maybe 1 1/2 is enough)
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder (4 tablespoons)
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 3 cups quick cooking oats 

Directions: 

1. Set wax paper out so that you can make the cookies right when it's ready. 
2. Combine the sugar, cocoa powder, butter and milk together in a sauce pan. Bring it to a boil. Once it's at a rolling boil, boil for 2 minutes. 
3. Remove from heat and mix in the vanilla extract. Then, add the peanut butter and mix it until it's melted. Quickly mix in the oats.
4. Working quickly, drop teaspoonfuls of the mixture onto the wax paper, trying to make it a cookie shape. 
5. Let it cool. It should set. Then, enjoy eating it. :)

* I just added the pictures of how to make the cookies. 7/20/12. Please excuse the day and time of the pictures. I haven't changed the date from the China time since I came back from there a couple days ago.

 Anyway, here are some pictures of some things me, my mom and my aunts made.

Steamed Sweet Glutinous Rice Balls

 碱水粽

 I don't know the English name, but it's suppose to look like some sort of bird.

How the dough is suppose to look.

 发糕

"It looks like an elephant!"- my sister said that.

Happy 1 Year!!

Hey everyone. I can't believe it. It has officially been a year since I've started this blog! Happy 1 year of posting recipes! Just in time for the Superbowl too. I'll post a few links of some foods you guys can make for the Superbowl at the end of this post.
I hope you guys have enjoyed the recipes I've posted the past year. It's been quite an experience food blogging. I'd like to thank my parents for dealing with my picture taking and eating the foods. I'd also like to thank my siblings too, for eating them. I know for sure my brother loved all the chocolate things I've made. My cousin helped a lot with the design of the blog. My whole family supported me blogging. Me and my friend Julianna started our blogs around the same time. We've talked about our blogs with each other and she gave me the push to actually start. Thanks, Julianna. I'd also like to thank my friends for reading my posts. Last, but not least, I'd like to thank you, the readers. It's what keeps me posting, knowing that people take the time to read my posts and making the foods I've posted.
Anyway, I really hope that this new year will be an even more fun year of posting recipes I've made. I also hope to improve my blog too. Do you guys have an suggestions on what I can improve? Comment or email me at helenssugarsweetrecipes@yahoo.com

For the Superbowl, I say desserts are the best thing to eat. Here are some recipes for desserts you can make.There's also other random things you guys can make to eat for this special occasion.

Red Bean Sesame Ball
Vegan Peanut butter Cookies
M&M Cookies
Rice Krispies
Brownies
Pita Bread to make Pita Chips
Sushi
Fried Chicken
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Baked Nian Gao
Mochi
Chinese Buns
Macaroni Tuna Salad

Yummy Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Hey everyone! Happy Super bowl Day! Yeah! How do you guys think the game went? Well, I admit, I don't know.  I'm not much of a football fan. But, I know that the Super bowl is really popular. I couldn't watch the game anyways, because  I sat in a cold classroom, taking a practice SAT test while my father watched the game at home. He's so lucky. I'd rather do that than take the SAT practice test. The test was so long too. Around 4 hours. I got really bored..and tired. Oh well. Hopefully, I can watch it next time.

So, after taking the test, I made some chocolate chip cookies to celebrate the Super bowl. I decided on chocolate chip cookies, because my friend wanted me to make some. He loves chocolate chip cookies. And, why wouldn't I make them for him? After all, he's the one who helped me name my blog ( I admit, I love chocolate chip cookies too).  He's also a really nice and cool guy. This recipe is for him. I hope you guys enjoy this.

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cup flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup salted butter, soften ( I usually use just 1/2 cup)
• 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and baking soda. 
3. In another bowl, cream together the butter and the sugars. 
4. After creaming together the sugars, add the 2 eggs and the vanilla extract into the rest of the wet ingredients. Mix well.  
5. Slowly add the flour mixture into the wet ingredients. Mix well. Then, stir in chocolate chips. 
6. Drop golf ball sized dough onto a pan lined with parchment paper. Put it in the preheated oven, and bake for about 11-12 minutes. 
7. After the baking has been done, take them out, and wait for them to cool. Eat them with a glass of milk. Enjoy. :)