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?
This looks delicious! I would love if you shared this in my holiday recipes Blog Hop. Enter it for a chance at a Wilton Pre-Baked Gingerbread Tree Kit! http://bit.ly/vbyp71
I know it’s not Christmas anymore, but I’d been wanting to try this recipe out for awhile, so today I finally did. Mine came out really gummy 🙁 I’m not sure what I did wrong. Has this happened to you Katie, or to anyone else, before?
Hmm… what pb brand did you use? 😕
Oh my goodness..I think I just fell in love…I have been obsessed with gingerbread since I worked in Haiti (I know, sounds random..but they have gingerbread guys that walk around with giant trays of it on their heads and sell it on the streets..SOOO yummy!!) and this recipe definitely satisfied that craving in the easiest way imaginable..
How do you possibly make this and not eat the entire recipe?? haha I made a half batch (knowing my love for gingerbread) and had to force myself to put half of it in the fridge…
Thanks CCK!! 🙂
Bookmarking this one for Christmas time! Nothing better at Christmas than gingerbread – YUM!
Check out my Nutrition blog at blogfoodforthought.com ! 🙂
Thanks for the recipe! I just featured these over here:
http://moderngirlnutrition.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/holiday-desserts-roundup/
Happy Holidays!
Whats your favorite kind of jam to use?
I have two: one comes in a green jar, but I don’t remember the name. The other one is something like St. Balfour.
I wound up adding some extra molasses to mine, along with about 1/2 tsp vanilla, 1 1/2 Tbsp maple syrup, and replaced the nutmeg w/ allspice. YUM. Will definitely be playing around with this and making it again. 🙂
Thanks for today’s email: Frosted Peanut Butter Snack Cake. can I substitute honey or maple syrup for the sugar or xylitol? if I do, will it make it too runny, such that I should compensate in some way to thicken it? Thanks so much. 🙂
Love this! I used the spices and molasses in my homemade almond butter and it’s FANTASTIC. I’m never going back. Love!
Gingerbread Peanut Butter?! Oh my god, I can’t wait to try this. Just in time for Christmas this year too! I’m a dessert junkie like you and it’s great to see some healthier options. Thanks for the new recipe!