Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola

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This easy,  yummy (and healthier!) granola will put you back on top of holiday preps no matter where you currently are…

Howdy friends! How did it get to be the middle of December already?! I always have the best of intentions right after Thanksgiving… to not be behind for once on my holiday preparations. Yet somehow by the last week of school, I find myself  stuck somewhere between “Deck the Halls” (not quite done but may be as done as it’s gonna get) and “making the list and checking it twice (I guess I need to actually make the list before I can check it??)…

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No-bake Peanut Butter Fudge

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Howdy folks!  This no-bake peanut butter fudge is hands-down one of my “must-have-in-the-house-at-all-times” recipes, not only for contest prep, but for every single day of my life.  I hope it will become one of yours as well.

Remember my no-bake sweet potato brownies?  Well, these are a close cousin… …

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Peanut Butter Pumpkin Salted Caramels

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These peanut butter pumpkin salted caramels will get you in the holiday spirit no matter how much you’re dragging your feet on your Christmas preparations.  How did we get to the middle of December already??  My mother always started her Christmas baking around December 8 or so, and maybe it was just to put off going shopping!  Now that I’m in the midst of my own crowd-fighting experiences every time I go out, this makes all the sense in the world.  I’d much rather be in the kitchen than the mall….

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How to Make Homemade Peanut Butter

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Homemade Peanut Butter

Peanut butter is a big deal in our house.  Like, we buy it in giant 2-lb jars… or, I should qualify… we ask Mark to buy it in giant 2-lb jars whenever he goes to Guam (because our summer supply has long run out)… bubble wrap it… and use 8 lbs of his luggage allowance in exchange for about a 6-week supply of peanut butter.

You can see that the numbers don’t add up.  For all Mark’s trouble & risk, we still spend a good part of the year without a decent option for peanut butter.  Most commercial brands here are full of …

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Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

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Peanut butter banana chocolate chip muffins

Hello friends!  It’s almost the last day of the year, and I had thoughts of writing you all a grand and reflective post called “The Best of 2016” linking up your favourite recipes of the past 12 months and waxing poetic on how much the blog has grown.

But to be honest, the blog actually hasn’t grown that much over the past year… and I’m ok with that.  I’ve had zero advertisers and zero sponsored posts… and I’m ok with that, too.  I suppose you would say I’ve redefined my vision of “success” for this little space on the Internet.  Sure, it would be great to have…

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