homemade peanut butter

 

I made peanut butter for the first time! It wasn't even my idea, it was my friend Julie's. Seeing as we are both named Julie, our future peanut butter business should probably be called PB&J&J.

We roughly followed Alton Brown's recipe: nuts, honey, salt, oil, food processor.  The flavor turned out really good though we had to add quite a bit more oil than the recipe called for to get a decent texture.  Maybe the nuts I chose weren't fatty enough?  Let the experiments begin!

peanut butter rum balls

RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE! What's that sound? It means I'm hungry for a RUMBALL!

Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup good rum
1 cup ground walnuts
1/4 cup cocoa powder
powdered sugar

Combine all of the above ingredients except powdered sugar. Shape into small balls or whatever size you prefer. Roll in powdered sugar. Store in a tightly covered container.

peanut coconut sauce

This peanut coconut sauce is great for those days when it's too hot to cook (or when you're too lazy to cook). It is also a great way to celebrate fresh broccoli. I followed a recipe from Vegetarian Planet by Didi Emmons that includes peanut butter, coconut milk, chopped peanuts, soy sauce, rice vinegar, ginger and garlic.