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Skinny Bitch: Homemade Sugar- Free Peanut butter

I eat a couple spoons of peanut butter a day, since I still cant chew.  I want 20 large pizzas, but this will have to do for now.  Even though I buy organic peanut butter, it still has tons of sugar in it, and lots of canola oil.  That's a lot of calories.  By using a sugar sub and a healthier oil option, and grinding it at home-its a lot healthier... its fun, and easy!


Homemade Sugar-Free Peanut butter

2 cups shelled organic peanuts

2 T sugar sub (splenda, stevia, whatever you like.  You can use honey, but that has more calories than white sugar.)

1 T coconut oil  (you can use any oil you have laying around, but I prefer grape seed, coconut or peanut...but its only a little oil, so whatever is fine.)

2 t Sea Salt..if you please

Preheat oven to 250 degrees

Shell the peanuts and spread them out on a baking sheet.  Roast for about 10 minutes, let cool.  Put the peanuts in the food processor with the sugar sub.  Turn it on.  After about 2 minutes, slowly stream in oil.  Add salt, and/or more sugar for taste.  Let grind for 5 minutes for smooth, or just a minute if you like crunchy.  Store in a jar.  That's it.  Healthy, yummy, and half the calories!

Kids Baking Class!

Today I taught Olivia how to bake a Pineapple Upside Down Cake.  She did a fantastic job, and did everything on her own!  Good Job Olivia! 

Cakes!

Bridal Shower Display
Vanilla Bean cake infused with raspberry syrup and topped with Raspberry Buttercream
Cheesecake Bites topped with fresh Strawberries
Lemon cupcakes filled with Raspberry gel and topped with Lemon Buttercream
Chocolate cupcakes filled with Vanilla cream topped with Chocolate buttercream



German Chocolate Cake




Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream inside and Frosted with Ganache



My new cupcake display for a Woven Carmel Apple Pie!

Its great that since everyone loves pie..I can trade for services that I need!  I am very thankful..but...

For the past 3 years, on the morning of the weekends, I enjoy sleeping in.  Until I hear the relentless sound of saws, hammering and a power sander.  It has killed me-time and time again, I storm out of bed, flip my sleep mask off, charge to the windows and wildly close them to cut out the godforsaken sounds coming from a garage across the way.  Two weeks ago in the midst of a good Saturday morning sleep session, I found myself once again, getting up in disgrace...cursing the sounds across the way.  Then I dared to think to myself,"what the heck is this man doing in there!" 
Bob is a kind man that is a retired cabinet maker that now spends his time doing this and that in his garage.  I went over and introduced myself and was impressed by his full -on set up wood shop domain.  He now makes me my displays, and I make him pie, we are friends-and now when I hear his saws in the morning, I don't care.  I should have introduced myself to Bob sooner instead of grunting for 3 years!  So a fist in the air to neighbors helping neighbors!  Loud saws on Saturday mornings and all...

This display is huge and collapses so I can travel with it.  And plain wood so I can decorate it with different fabrics/ribbon for the occasion.

Tell you no lie, you'll love Chicken Pie!

I make savory pies too, and this chicken pie with an herb crust will make you happy.

Pie is good and fun!

Thursday I delivered two apple pies.  It was fun, they look really good, everyone should eat and order some pie!