From Classroom to Kitchen: Cooking with Kids Using Nakee Butter

Hey there, everyone. Brendan here once again, writing to you on a very lovely day that nonetheless has that chilly nip of early fall in the air. I'm watching a few leaves flutter by the window as I write this, and... I need to focus! Especially since, as the title may have hinted, we're continuing with the recipe ideas today.

This time, I wanted to focus specifically on things you can make with your kids, and maybe even stuff they can make themselves and add to their school lunches. Eventually I'm hoping to do another one of these blogs where I come up with some silly Halloween recipes (maybe some kind of mud pie variant with a zombie rising out of it?), but we'll get to that later! 

Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

We're starting off on a delicious note here with these simple-to-make treats. Other than the oats and heavy cream, the ingredients for these cookies are pretty common to most kitchens. I found a link to a wonderfully detailed cooking blog that goes over the full details of this recipe, but the gist is baking some pretty normal cookies, then mixing a filling out of some butter, Nakee Butter, heavy cream and some powdered sugar! 

These would be perfect for an after-school baking session, or even as something to make with the kids for a bake sale or event that might be happening later in the week. Just make sure to keep an eye on wherever you store them, because these cookies are pretty tempting!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars

These are something of a successor to the breakfast bars that I advocated for in my previous recipes blog. I think, though, that these ones would be perfect to add to a packed lunch for school or work; in fact, I think I'll be trying out this recipe myself. Let me know if you want an update in the next blog through the comments!

Anyways, here's the down low, as Steff might say! Like the previous recipe, this mostly consists of common ingredients; the only one I'm not entirely sure about is the brown sugar. Here's the link to the full instructions, but honestly, these bars are even easier than the cookies! 

The blog also mentions a specific risk when making these bars, and that's overcooking them. As someone who has suffered a variety of culinary mishaps in my life, I felt that was some very good advice to share with you all! 

Peanut Butter and Banana Bread

Yes, banana is always going to be a staple in the Nakee household! This particular recipe is one that I think would be perfect to wrap up and take on a hike or walk to see the many-colored leaves of fall. Again, it's a fairly simple one to whip up, though it probably requires the most work of all those in this blog.

The recipe I found for this variant of banana bread mentions that it uses a larger quantity of peanut (see: Nakee) butter than most others. The writer explains that this is because of a greater flavor impact, and that's definitely worth it, but you could also include a half-cup instead of three quarters if you'd prefer. 

Grilled Apple and Peanut Butter Sandwich

An easy recipe that can be prepped in under twenty minutes and provides a variety of nutritional benefits, these sandwiches also have the perk of being even tastier than you could imagine! All you need is some Nakee, cinnamon, wheat bread, butter, an apple and a pinch of white sugar. 

These sandwiches are best enjoyed fresh, I think, though you could pack one away for a brown bag lunch. If I can also take the step of adding a bit of advice on the recipe that I found, I believe that it would work just as well with any of the many vegan and ethics-friendly bread brands out there. There are a number of gluten-free options as well, if that's something on your mind!

There's something else I wanted to bring up, actually: I'm looking for recipes that might fit better with the flavor of Nakee Immunity. If anything, it's probably more suited for this season than Focus, and it deserves some dedicated recipes. If you have any in mind, or any suggestions in general, let me know in the comments. Thanks so much for reading, friends, and stay warm out there! See you next week!