Peanut Butter Yogurt Dip

My daughter learned this at a "Kid Fit Camp" put on by our local gym this summer. It is a fruit dip that she loves (and me) and is healthier than most. It is super simple and young helpers can make it themselves.

First you need your choice of fruit for dipping. 1cup of yogurt, 1/2cup of peanut butter, and granola.

Here is my helper measuring the ingredients. I say helper but she pretty much made this herself except for cutting up the fruit.

Simply mix the yogurt and peanut butter together till creamy and smooth.

Add in the granola, we just added a child size handful to the dip then sprinked some more on top after putting in bowl. And below you see the finished product with apple slices for dipping.

You can double or triple this recipe for larger amounts but we were just making a afternoon snack and didn't want to have lots of leftovers.

From our kitchen to yours, Mary

Boiled Cookies

Thought I would start off with a tried and true recipe that is easy and a great go-to. As you can see the recipe is on a card, my original recipe book is a small photo book (I will post it later). This recipe was written for me by my mom years ago.

First gather your ingredients: 2c sugar, 1/2c milk, 4tbsp(tablespoon) cocoa, 1 stick butter, 1tbsp vanilla, 1/c peanut butter, 3c quick cooking oats.

This is how I made them...you can also add 1/2c nuts and lower oatmeal to 2  1/2cups or use crunchy peanut butter.

While gathering go ahead and find your wax paper, get out your pot, and something to go under the wax paper. When you put the hot cookies on the wax paper the wax will melt, it works best to put something under the paper...news paper works well. If you don't have wax paper foil will work.

Before you start cooking go ahead and lay out the wax paper. When you start cooking things go quickly and you want to be prepared.

Next mix the first four ingredients: 2c sugar, 4tbsp cocoa, 1/2c milk, and 1 stick butter.

Bring to a boil over medium heat.

Boil for 1 minute. Set a timer for best results.

If you don't boil long enough your cookies will end up gooey. They taste great but you will be eating them with a spoon out of the fridge. If you boil too long they will be dry. 

Remove from heat and add remaining ingredients. 1tbsp vanilla, 1/2c peanut butter, 3c oatmeal. I add them in that order, mix well.

Drop cookies onto wax paper by spoonfuls. You decide how big or small you would like your cookies.  They cool very quickly so you want to work quickly getting them out of the pot and onto the wax paper.

Leave them alone and let them cool completely. This part is the hardest, they just look so good...

Store in an air tight container and enjoy!

From our kitchen to yours, Mary