As the day went on today, I realized I was wanting some no bake cookies! I knew I had all the ingredients I would need, minus the oatmeal.  But this was no problem, because I've also been wanting to get some oatmeal in attempts to make this fun recipe I found on Pinterest: Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie. I went to pick up some oatmeal so I could begin bringing back childhood memories!!

This recipe is entirely easy and entirely simple to make.  So, without further adieu, here is the recipe:

Bring-Back-the-Childhood-Memories No Bake Cookies
Ingredients:
1/2 Cups Butter
2 Cups Sugar
1/2 Cup Milk
4 Tbsp. Cocoa
1/2 Cup Peanut Butter
3 Cup Quick Cooking Oats
2 tsp. Vanilla

1. Add the first 4 ingredients(up to the cocoa) together in a saucepan until they boil.

2. Once boiling, let boil for one minute.

3. Remove from heat. 
4. Stir in peanut butter and vanilla and stir until smooth.

5. Slowly stir in oatmeal flakes and mix well.

Typically, you would then put dollops of the cookie mixture onto cookie sheets and let chill.  Instead, i wanted to pour it into a pan and make cookie bars.  And SO I DID!

Once they cooled, I sliced them up and ate a few!!

Hope you get the opportunity to make some and fill your childhood desire!! I know I sure did!  If you happen to know any alternative recipes, let me know! I'd love to try them!

Thanks for traveling along!

So one day I stopped at McDonald's and got a delicious little treat, otherwise known as the Iced Caramel Coffee.  While I was drinking it, I decided I should find a recipe for it and learn to make this on my own...thus saving $$$$ :-)

I stumbled across the webpage of Pioneer Woman in which she detail the process of making homemade Iced coffee. With the process in mind, I now had to go and get the ingredients (as I had NONE!).

Off I went to Walmart to pick up Seattle's Best Cinnamon Bun coffee grounds, coffee filters and CoffeeMate caramel.

Next step was to create my own version.  So here is my step-by-step process.  Hope you enjoy and maybe get inspired yourself!

I started with a large glass pyrex container, poured a mound of coffee grounds in and topped those with water.  I let that sit for at least 8 hours, although for my convienence, it seems they sit for longer.  

The items needed for making such a wonderous drink:
- strainer
- two coffee filters
- glass container to store in
- scoop of sorts

And then I reveal the coffee mixture, which I am sure is pure crack at this point. 

I then place the two coffee filters in the strainer and the strainer on the glass container.  It is now ready to begin the magic!

So now that I have filtered all the mixture through the strainer and coffee filters, I can begin to pour it into my coffee carafe! And from there...I can make my own iced coffee!

I pour the coffee concentrate atop ice cubes, then top off with milk and creamer to my desired likeness!