MOM Tip - Celebrate National Peanut Butter Lovers Month With Your Kids

Did you know that November is National Peanut Butter Lovers month? Kids love peanut butter so,why not make it a fun celebration out of it.

I found some fun ideas and recipes to help you simply celebrate National Peanut Butter month with your kids.

Nestle'Peanut Butter & Milk Chocolate Treats
Who doesn't like the combination of peanut butter and chocolate? These easy to make treats will be so popular, and easy, you're sure to get many requests for more

Ingredients

• 1 tub (36 oz.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Refrigerated Peanut Butter Cookie Tub Dough
• 1 cup (6 oz.) SWIRLED™ Milk Chocolate & Peanut Butter Morsels, NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Milk Chocolate Morsels or Peanut Butter & Milk Chocolate Morsels.

Directions

PREHEAT oven to 350° F.

ROLL well-chilled dough into 1 1/2-inch balls. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.

BAKE for 12 to 14 minutes or until cookies are light brown on top. While cookies are hot out of the oven, make indentation in center of each cookie with back of measuring teaspoon. Fill each indentation with 8 to 10 morsels. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Store in tightly covered container.

MIY Peanut Butter (Make it yourself )

Ingredients

• 1 cup roasted peanuts
• 1 1/2 teaspoons oil (peanut oil is best)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

Place all ingredients into a blender or a food processor.

Mix until peanut butter is spreadable.

Scrap sides as needed during mixing.
you can add a sweetener, add a teaspoon at a time to taste. Sweetener options are honey, corn syrup, brown rice syrup. u brown rice syrup, agave nectar or corn syrup.
Store your peanut butter in the refrigerator.
Stir before serving.

How to Make a Pinecone Birdseed Feeder with Kids From: eHow

Things You'll Need:

• Large pinecone
• Natural creamy peanut butter
• Bird seed
• 12 in. String
• Small container
• Butter knife
• Wax paper

Step 1 Place a large piece of wax paper over your work area. This makes cleanup easy and you have a place to set your birdseed feeders when done.

Step 2 Tie the center of the string around the pinecone near the top. Tie it tightly several times to knot it well.

Step 3 Pour some birdseed into the small container. Use enough seed so that when you dip the pinecone into the bowl, you cover it completely with seed.

Step 4 Using the butter knife, cover the pinecone with the peanut butter.

Step 5 Put the peanut butter pinecone in the bowl of birdseed and press down. Roll the pinecone until it is covered in birdseed.

Step 6Place the cone on the wax paper to dry for 24 to 48 hours.

Step 7 Tie the pinecone in a tree or another place where the birds will find it.