Gorilla Poops (No-Bake Cookie)

 

My favorite voicemail of all time was as follows from Bret Annalese when she was in kindergarten or 1st grade:

"Mom - May I have the last Gorilla Poop in Big Bird?"

At our house this actually made sense at the time!

We had a Big Bird cookie jar in our kitchen and there were indeed Gorilla Poops (No-Bake Cookies) in the cookie jar...   :0)

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GORILLA POOPS

1/4 cup butter

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2 cups sugar

1/3 cup cocoa

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1/2 cup milk

3/4 cup peanut butter

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1 teaspoon vanilla

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1 teaspoon cinnamon

3 cups oatmeal

2 cups coconut (1 package)

IN A LARGE POT:

Gather your ingredients and mix cinnamon, oatmeal and coconut in a bowl.  Set aside.

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In a large pot over medium heat, melt butter.

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Turn OFF the stove and add sugar, and cocoa.

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Turn the stove ON to a medium heat.

Add milk, peanut butter and mix throughly. 

Continue to stir and bring to a simmer / low boil phase and boil for one minute.

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Turn OFF the heat and vanilla.

Stir throughly.

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Add remaining ingredients immediately.  

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Scoop out with two spoons or large cookie scoop to make a “poop” and place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.

Let cool on the counter.

Store in an air-tight container.

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GREEN Smoothie - Berry/Banana

The best part of this photo is the
curly kale just behind the jar of
"GREEN" smoothie. 

(NOTE: I am not color blind...
all my smoothies that have
kale or spinach as 1/2 the content
get the "GREEN" label.) 

 The kale is the best part because it is from a collection of 3 kale plants in the backyard garden that have been producing for more than 12 months now!  AMAZING gardening feat by the Handsome Bret Sr. - amazing because usually kale will produce through May and then die off at the beginning of the Houston HOTTER-than-hell months. Here we are in October and they're still going...

If you have a commercial grade blender - layer in this order and blend until throughly mixed.  Keep an extra 1/2 cup of water nearby if mix is too thick to finish blending. 

If you do not have a commercial grade blender, still blend in this order and throughly mix one layer at a time instead of mixing all at once. 

2  cups water 

4  cups washed kales leaves and stems

OR

4 cups washed spinach leaves

1/4  cup ground flaxseed 

2-4 Tablespoons honey

1-2 room temperature (naked) bananas

2 frozen (naked) bananas

2  cups frozen mango pieces, grapes, strawberries or cherries 

2  cups frozen blueberries

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