THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 11
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015
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Peanut Butter!
1 tablespoon
coconut fl our
½ cup dark
chocolate chips
1 teaspoon
coconut oil
In medium
bowl, combine
peanut butter,
maple syrup and
coconut fl our.
Mix very well
until a consistent
batter is formed.
Homemade Goodness
Use a spoon to
By Eileen Driver
scoop the batter
into 6 balls, then
use your hands to form
I love peanut butter. In
fact if you ask most people into egg shapes.
Place the eggs on a plat-
who know me they will
ter lined with parchment
tell you I am obsessed
paper and place in freezer
with it. (I publicly do not
to set.
agree with them but they
While peanut butter
are probably right). If you
middles
are setting up in
need a recipe for peanut
the
freezer,
melt chocolate
butter anything I probably
chips and mix in coconut
have it, especially if there
oil.
is also chocolate involved.
Remove eggs from
I am really quite aston-
freezer and dunk each one
ished that it took me this
in chocolate mixture to
long to write a column
coat all sides. Return eggs
about it. Some of my pea-
nut butter pie recipes—yes to parchment paper and
I said some of them. I don’t drizzle with any left over
chocolate (we wouldn’t
give out since I make and
want to waste any)
donate them to the annual
Return to freezer and
Chamber Auction, held the
freeze
at least 10 minutes
fi rst Saturday in May, and
before
serving. Note: not
if they could make them
that
they
will last long
themselves they wouldn’t
need to buy mine. Trust me enough, but they are best
served straight out of the
when I say I have plenty
freezer as the chocolate
more where they come
will soften if stored at
from.
room temperature.
I have been working on
Peanut Butter Banana
making a healthier me, so
Ice Cream
have learned new ways to
With the warmer spring
enjoy and indulge
and hotter summer weather
in my peanut butter crav-
coming soon you will love
ing. So far I am proud
this wonderful ice cream
to say that I have lost 45
recipe that just could not
pounds and eaten plenty
get any easier to make or
of peanut butter too. Since
healthier to eat. You do
Easter is on its way I
need a powerful blender
thought you would enjoy
or food processor but you
making some healthier but
don’t need an ice cream
delicious peanut butter
machine.
eggs. This recipe was giv-
1 frozen banana per
en to me by my daughter.
people you want to serve
The love of peanut butter
1 tablespoon of peanut
runs in the family, and
butter per banana.
they satisfy the cravings
Break up or slice frozen
wonderfully without all the
bananas into smaller
extra fat and preservatives
chunks and place in food
found in the store bought
processor or blender along
kind.
with peanut butter. Puree
Peanut Butter Eggs
till smooth and creamy. If
½ cup peanut butter (
you have trouble getting
crunchy or creamy)
bananas to puree add 1
2 tablespoons pure maple
tablespoon of water or
syrup
The
milk. Serve immediately
for soft serve or freeze for
a couple hours for harder
consistency.
I was skeptical about
this when I fi rst heard
about it but just about
bought out the stores sup-
ply of bananas after tasting
it. If you want to try other
fl avors you could substitute
just about any kind of ber-
ries, preserves or topping
sauces for the peanut butter
and have a smorgasbord of
healthy ice cream options.
Of course it wouldn’t be
complete homemade good-
ness without some natural
homemade peanut butter
to use in all your recipes
and peanut butter and jelly
sandwiches.
Homemade Peanut
Butter
2 cups shelled roasted
peanuts
½ teaspoon salt (or a little
more to taste)
1-2 tablespoons of oil
(peanut, vegetable, canola,
whatever)
1-2 tablespoons honey
(optional if you like
sweeter peanut butter)
Put peanuts in food
processor or blender. Pulse
a few times until chopped.
(For chunky peanut butter
remove 1/2 cup chopped
nuts and set aside)
Run food processor or
blender continuously for
1 minute. Stop and scrape
down sides and bottom of
bowl. Repeat 2 more times
until thick and glossy.
Sprinkle oil, salt and
honey (if using) over the
top of the peanut but-
ter. Process another 1-2
minutes until completely
smooth. (Homemade
peanut butter is never as
“completely smooth” as
store bought but close
enough.)
Taste and add more salt
( if desired) or reserved
chopped peanuts and pulse
a few more times to mix
in. Put in covered container
and store in refrigerator for
several weeks or you can
eat immediately.
This is probably not the
last time I will give you
recipes with peanut butter
in them but I will try to
wait a decent interval in
between. Enjoy!
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