• 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup butter softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 to 4 cups confectioners’ sugar

Coating

• 1 pound chocolate flavored candy coating
• 2 tablespoons shortening

Combine peanut butter , butter, vanilla and salt in large bowl. Beat at low speed of electric mixer until blended. Add 2 cups sugar. Beat until blended. Continue adding sugar 1/2 cup at a time until mixture shaped into ball will hold together on toothpick. Shape into 3/4 inch balls. Place on waxed paper-lined tray. Refrigerate.

For coating, combine candy coating and shortening in microwave safe bowl. Microwave at 50% (medium) for 30 seconds. Stir, repeat until mixture is smooth.

Insert toothpick into candy ball. Dip 3/4 ball into melted coating. Scrape off excess. Place on waxed paper lined tray. Remove toothpick and smooth over holes. Refrigerate until coating is firm; Remove from paper. Store at room temperature in covered container.

Are you sick of clicking on the “Folders” button to see the folder tree everytime you open Windows Explorer? Here are the simple steps to make that folder tree show by default.

• Click Start > Control Panel > Folder Options
• Click the File Types tab.
• Page down until you locate the icon that looks like a folder in the “Extensions” column. It will have the word “(NONE)” after the icon and the “File Types” column will show Folder. Not “File Folder”, but just “Folder”. Select that entry and click the Advanced button. From that window you can set the default action to “explore” and click “OK”. Click “OK” again to close out of the Folder Options.

Now you will see the split view everytime you open Windows Explorer.

These are easy no bake cookies that are quick and fun to make.

• 1 Cup Sugar
• 1 Cup Light Corn Syrup
• 1 (12 oz) jar of Peanut Butter
• 6 Cups of Corn Flakes
• Green Food coloring

Combine sugar and syrup in pan. Heat and bring to a hard boil. Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter. Add green food coloring. Mix in corn flakes and stir until all are coated with syrup mixture. Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper and shape into wreaths. Add red hot candies while wreaths are still warm.

If you’re into ASP.NET Matt Berseth has a very informative blog with easy to follow samples and he has an eye for detail. One post I found interesting was Recreating the Google Analytics Table as an ASP.NET GridView

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