National Peanut Butter Day

I love national “holidays” centered around food.  There’s one for just about every food-National Corn Chip Day, Cream Cheese Brownie Day, Tater Day (seriously), even a National Eat Beans Day.  Name a food, and there’s probably a national day set aside just for observing.

I don’t think we need a national holiday to celebrate peanut butter, especially when it is paired with chocolate.  If you ask me, any day of the year could be National Peanut Butter Day, but January 24^th is actually set aside for the reflection and celebration of the creamy, smooth treat.

At any rate, I’m not one to let a holiday go un-reflected or uncelebrated (except I might have to pass on Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day on Feburary 23^rd), so I decided to pull out one of my favorite recipes-Peanut Butter Pretzel Bars for this auspicious occasion. 

What do I love about these quick, 5 ingredient bars?  Well they start with a crunchy, salty pretzel crust so they are a little sweet and a little salty.  Then they’re topped with rich, decadent peanut butter filled bits and drenched in sweetened condensed milk.  Finish them off with the added sweet/salty crunch of honey roasted peanuts, and you’ve got sweet, salty, creamy, crunchy perfect!

Cheers to National Peanut Butter Day!

Peanut Butter Pretzel Bars

1 Stick Butter

1 ¼ Cups Crushed Pretzels

1 ¼ Cups DCD Peanut Butter Chips

1 Cup Honey Roasted Peanuts, Chopped

1 Can Sweetened Condensed Milk

Preheat oven to 350.  Slice butter into chunks and place in a 9-inch square baker.  Place in the oven to melt butter.  Top with pretzels, chips, peanuts and milk.  Bake at 350 for 30 minutes

Happy New Year!

It feels great to be blogging after a short hiatus.  I have a saying and that is, “Life Happens”.  Life happened to us recently during my father-in-law’s illness and passing.  Not that it is ever easy to lose someone, but the holidays make it especially difficult.  I am thankful that I have a career that allows me to work “my time” and be with family as much as needed.

I always look to the New Year as a time to reflect on the past year and the opportunity to achieve new things in the coming year.  I’m not one to make resolutions, but I do try and implement a few positive changes each year.  This year, I want to be more organized with all of my recipes.  My husband has a saying about “wanting”…….

Organizing anything in my house is always fun-I end up finding things I didn’t know I had.  Anytime I sort thru recipes, I end up with a stack of things I want to try.  Hey maybe that’s one of my positive changes, I’ll not only want to try more recipes, I will do it!

New Year + New Recipes = 1 Positive Change and Many Happy Bellies!