Her Life Out Loud: Peanut Butter: Get In Mah Belleh!!

Let me just put this out there: I love Peanut Butter. Like, LOVE the stuff! I didn't used to love it as much as I do now, though. Want to know what changed?? I started making it myself. At home. Peanut Butter. And now, I'm going to teach you! It is literally, the easiest thing you will probably ever make. Trust me. I could make this stuff with my eyes closed.

First you gather your ingredients:

Oh yeah. That's it. Just two things. I mean, if you don't like honey {what is wrong with you?!}, then it's just one ingredient. I told you this would be easy, right?

Ok, so you can just dump your peanuts into the food processor, or you can be...pretend to be anal and measure out to at least a pound of nuts. I used to measure it exactly but, Sophi and I "sample" so much before I get it into the jar that, I just started making sure that I had at least 16oz.

Then, you just dump your nuts into the processor and hit the "ON" button. Then watch those beauties spin for around SIX minutes. First, they will turn into a big glob like this:

Let it keep going. Find something to do so that these six minutes don't feel like a lifetime. You could open up the bags of nine beautiful avocados that you scored for $6 at the Commissary or play some PlayDoh with a toddler while doing the Peanut Butter dance around the kitchen. It's true. I have a peanut butter dance. Toddlers make you do weird things.

After your six minutes is up {finally!}, your peanuts should now look something like this and should drip right off of your spoon:

Now, grab that bottle of honey and do a few good swirls around the bowl with it.

THIS IS IMPORTANT. DO NOT turn your processor back on. Not unless you want peanut butter that is too thick to spread on even warm toast. Just take your spoon and stir that honey in there. And you're done! Now just pour that yummy goodness into a mason jar,

Get a lick {or three...or four}, let the begging toddler have a taste, then make her a PB&J, then, let your mutts lick the spatula.

Those guys are pretty funny, right? Anyway, now you just want to find a place in your overcrowded {ahem...unorganized} fridge. You definitely will want to keep this stuff refrigerated, since you made it fresh and without all of the added preservatives. It will thicken up a bit once it cools off and it will be perfection. Good luck!