Chocolate Oatmeal No-Bake Cookies

2 cups sugar
½ cup milk
4Tablespoons cocoa
½ stick butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 Tablespoons peanut butter
3 cups minute oats

• With a wooden spoon, mix together sugar and cocoa in a 2-quart saucepan trying to work out lumps in cocoa.

• Add milk.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, till mixture comes to a boil.
• Boil one minute, continually stirring.
• Remove from heat and stir in vanilla, butter, and peanut butter.
• Stir till mixture is smooth.
• Add oats, one-half to one cup at a time.

• Drop onto wax paper and allow to set up.

Makes three dozen medium sized cookies.  Store in a cool dry place - if there are any left!

These are probably my very favorite cookies! 

Ham and Shrimp Bites

One package frozen, cooked, peeled, deveined shrimp
One pound ham (thin, sandwich-sliced style
4 Tablespoons Dijon mustard
4 Tablespoons Bar-B-Que Sauce
2 Tablespoons melted butter

• Thaw shrimp according to package directions.
• Using a pizza cutter, slice ham into strips.
• Toss shrimp in mustard.

• Roll ham around shrimp, spear with a toothpick, and place on a baking sheet that has been lightly sprayed with vegetable spray.

• Mix any remaining mustard with Bar-B-Que Sauce and melted butter.
• Brush sauce onto ham surface.
• Bake 5-10 minutes till heated through.