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12 days of Christmas cookies, y'all!
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I think this recipe is gonna be a huge hit with y'all.
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'Cause guess what? You don't have to bake 'em.
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Which, you know, that's a bonus.
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And this recipe was sent in to me
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from Tammy Dubrula, from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
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Beautiful part of our United States, y'all.
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And she said, "Hi Paula. Hope you'll try these.
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They are delicious. And they're so easy to make."
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Yay, cornflake balls.
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So, what you say, let's get starting.
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The quicker we get 'em made, the quicker they cool 'em
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the quicker we can eat them.
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Like I said, there is no baking.
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There is a little melting of stuff, though.
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And we are gonna start by melting our white sugar,
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along with a cup of white Karo syrup,
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which I used to love as a child on my pancakes and waffles.
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Okay, so we're gonna just heat this up on top of the stove
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until all the sugar is dissolved.
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All right. Tammy tells us to put this over like medium heat
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and bring it to a boil,
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and make sure your sugar is dissolved.
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So the next thing we're gonna do,
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is we're gonna add a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter to this.
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But, we're gonna take it off the heat,
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I think I want a harder utensil.
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I love this thing right here.
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Didn't somebody send me this?
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- [Eddie] Yes. - Oh my gosh.
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- [Eddie] Peanut butter person.
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- Thank you, thank you, thank you. I love it. Huh?
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- [Eddie] The buttery.
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- Oh yes! The butter girl!
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See, that reached all the way down in there to the bottom.
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So we have a cookie that's easy.
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I mean, what more can we ask for in a cookie?
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You don't have to bake it. That is the bonus.
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So we're just gonna stir this, per Tammy's instructions.
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Good to the last drop.
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I wish one of the grandchildren were here.
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They could have fun licking that utensil.
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All right, so I'm just gonna stir this.
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Let that peanut butter melt, all in our sugar
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and our white Karo syrup.
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And while our poonup butter. (laughs)
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Teresa and I both are having trouble using our words today.
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- [Teresa] Yes. It's not been a good thing.
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- I don't know. Is it our teeth, or -
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- [Teresa] I don't know. - Our brain.
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- [Teresa] I'm a little worried. Yet again. (Paula laughing)
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- Okay, that's melting pretty good.
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So while that finishes its melting process,
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I'm gonna put in four cups of cornflake cereal.
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And this is not sweetened.
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And I'm gonna add one cup. This is a little shy.
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So I'm gonna ask y'all's patience just for a minute.
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'Cause I'm gonna look and see if I have some more coconut.
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Okay. I found some, y'all.
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Quite often, when I use coconut,
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I don't ever use the full bag.
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So I just tied it up real good.
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Stick it in my freezer, and it's ready
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and waiting on me when I need it.
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So, gonna mix these together.
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I'll check on our stuff, our good stuff.
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And it is all melted.
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So Tammy tells us to just pour this
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over our cereal and our coconut mixture.
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This just making me smile. I can't help it. (laughs)
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I mean, this is one of those cookies
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that would be great to do with the children
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or grandchildren, you know?
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I mean, you don't have to worry about them getting burned.
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And of course they love to get their hands all in the stuff.
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All right. So, I don't know how hot that is,
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so I'm gonna do it like this first.
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(Paula laughing) Tammy, girl, thank you.
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Thank you, Tammy, from West Virginia.
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Wanna dig deep and bring it up and around and down.
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Oh, my granny's. (Paula laughing)
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Mm! Y'all hear me crunching?
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Can you hear the crunch?
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- [Teresa] Crunch, crunch, crunch.
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She doesn't say anything about mixing till cool,
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or anything like that.
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She just says, mix thoroughly.
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And then form them into walnut-sized balls.
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I'm thinking that I'm gonna need to do this to my hands
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'cause I could wind up eating more than, (Paula laughs)
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more than I'm supposed to.
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Is that the size of your walnuts, Tammy?
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Sometimes, mine be pretty big.
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No, Eddie? You say "no"? - [Eddie] No, that's -
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- Is it bigger than a walnut?
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- [Eddie] I think so. - [Teresa] Yes.
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- [Eddie] That's bigger than a golf ball.
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- [Teresa] I would say golf ball.
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- Okay. (Paula laughs)
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Tammy, I love this cookie,
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mainly 'cause you didn't have to bake it.
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All you had to do was melt your sugar
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and your white Karo syrup and your peanut butter.
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And that was it. Look, I put these on a platter,
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so it looks like Santa Claus's beard.
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Ain't that cute? And I guess we could,
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let's see if I can find some good ones.
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No, when you take away his eyes,
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it looks different, doesn't it?
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Well, I tell you what, Tammy.
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While I was dipping these up,
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I got a little bit on my hand,
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so I had to get it off. (Paula laughs)
