Home Alone, Love Actually, Elf…
I have a giant stack of Christmas movies all ready to watch. One of my favorite parts of December is watching as many Christmas movies as I possibly can. (Another is listening to holiday music on the radio. Does anyone else think “I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” is the funniest song ever?)
And, of course, holiday-themed food.
The last two days have been a whirlwind (which is why I didn’t post yesterday or the day before). My friend Andrea drove in from Colorado, and she brought her adorable—but super-energetic—daughter, Kristin. It’s still hard for me to believe that my friend has a five-year-old child!
Before their arrival, I’d made up a big batch of my favorite gingerbread butter for myself, so I could eat gingerbread cookie dough balls! The girls were hungry when they got in, and so I used some of the gingerbread butter to make Christmas PB&J sandwiches. (After a quick photoshoot, I cut Kristin’s sandwich with a giant gingerbread cookie cutter!)
I’ve posted the gingerbread butter recipe before, when I did my post on cookie dough balls. Here it is again, so you don’t have to click on any links:
Gingerbread Butter
- 6 tbsp peanut butter (or other nut butter)
- 1 1/2 tbsp molasses (I used blackstrap, but regular is fine)
- heaping 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- scant 1/8 tsp each ginger and nutmeg
- Optional: cloves, sugar (I didn’t use either)
Mix together the peanut butter and molasses, using a blender or fork. (I just used a fork to mix.) Add the spices and mix again.
See cookie dough post for Nutrition Facts.
Cookie Dough Balls: If you add enough of the spices to the Gingerbread Butter, the dough is dry enough to roll into cookie balls. However, gingerbread butter is also delicious on a spoon, mixed in oatmeal, or as a sandwich with apple slices or grilled strawberries or banana. Or thin it out with a little almond milk, and make a pancake topping!
What are you looking forward to this holiday season?
Watching holiday movies? Baking cookies? Wearing ugly Christmas sweaters à la Colin Firth?
I love any nut butter and that looks great!
I love listening to all the holiday music on the radio-so uplifting!!! My favorite!
oh what a great combo katie! i like your food style. Enjoy those holiday movies. <3
Ha! The 10K fun run I did today had t-shirts with reindeer on them, and they were the same colour as Mr Darcy’s sweatshirt too 😉
I love all things gingerbread – the molasses adds such an important calcium/iron boost as well!
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yum!
I loved this part: gingerbread butter is also delicious on a spoon.
I think I’d make this JUST so I could have it on a spoon.
Mmmm gingerbread peanut butter sounds delicious!!
I’ve been baking, planning Christmas gifts, watching Christmas movies, and have been invited to two ugly Christmas sweater parties 🙂 I LOVE Christmas!!
This sounds wonderful…with everyone going nuts over Biscoff spread and the TJs speculoos spread, making a homemade version is a great idea$$
I’m looking forward to the rain lifting. Greetings from (rainy) Aruba!
My favorite part has to be going CHRISTmas caroling, love it! Also white Christmases (which is practically guaranteed in the north. Oh and don’t forget the cookies and hot cocoa after a beautiful Christmas service! And yes, let the Christmas specials begin!
I LOVE Elf! My Dad and I watch it every year after we put up the Christmas tree! I also love Christmas Music! And another highlight was Winnie the Pooh Christmas