foolproof cookie for non baker

[Anonymous]

No bake cookies. The ones with oats, chocolate and peanut butter

[Anonymous]

No bake cookies usually aren't very good. Smitten Kitchen's oatmeal cookies are very easy and fast. I just substitute choco chips for nuts/raisins.

[Anonymous]

Oreo truffles. http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/easy-oreo-truffles-95085.aspx

No bake, always delicious. Recommend using mint oreos to kick up them up a notch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chocolate pretzel rods.

Buy the pretzel rods, some chocolate chips and whatever kind of sprinkles you like. Tip the whole bag of chocolate chips into a bowl and add a couple spoons of butter. Melt in the microwave.

Spread the sprinkles on a plate. Dip a pretzel in the chocolate (leave a "handle"); roll in sprinkles, and leave it on a plate covered in wax paper or plastic wrap. When you are done, rest the whole plate in the fridge for a couple of hours.

I spent a LOT of time working with chocolate and want to add: Instead of regular chocolate I would buy the chocolate coating disks that you can get at Michaels. They have more cocoa butter in them so the chocolate won't crystalize and look funny. I wouldn't add butter because that will keep the chocolate from getting as hard.

Chocolate truffles are extremely easy and delicious. Just look up a basic recipe and mix the warmed cream/butter with the chocolate and a Tbs of a nice liquor. Chill and then scoop and roll into balls (cover your hands in cocoa powder). They are REALLY yummy and REALLY easy but people are always impressed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chocolate pretzel rods.

Buy the pretzel rods, some chocolate chips and whatever kind of sprinkles you like. Tip the whole bag of chocolate chips into a bowl and add a couple spoons of butter. Melt in the microwave.

Spread the sprinkles on a plate. Dip a pretzel in the chocolate (leave a "handle"); roll in sprinkles, and leave it on a plate covered in wax paper or plastic wrap. When you are done, rest the whole plate in the fridge for a couple of hours.

This is the kind of thing YOU think is easy, but the directions are puzzling to a non-baker. "Melt in the microwave" -- what does that mean? 3 minutes on high? 30 seconds on low? The last time I tried to melt ch/chips in the micro, they sizzled and fried.

The same thing with "spread the sprinkles," "dip a pretzel," "leave a handle," "roll in sprinkles," "covered in wax paper." It's all so clear and easy in your mind. Like giving a baby a bath.