CHRISTMAS and BUTTER of the TIGER

"See with the eyes of angels....." -Allen Ginsberg

 Christmas. Time to get ready for friends and family. Time to make Butter of the Tiger (  Tiger Butter)....have not made it in a couple of years. Time to fix the old angel again. She is from the late 40's, early 50's. My mother's angel. This year I made her a pink glittery dress. .......

 TIGER BUTTER (1990) (It’s not Christmas without it!)

 (A blend of white chocolate, peanut butter and dark and milk chocolates. I got the idea from the Purdy’s tiger butter, but we think this is a lot tastier. It is a staple of any Christmas package. I made this first on Morgan’s first Christmas , in Petawawa, Ontario.)

 1 big bag of white chocolate wafers from bulk food bins

6-8 big tablespoon plops of peanut butter ( add more to taste)

1 big bag milk chocolate wafers

4 cups ( about) of dark chocolate wafers, melted, for drizzle.

 (Line Two cookie sheets with wax paper and set aside)

 Melt white chocolate in large metal bowl, over simmering pot of water.

 While melting it slowly,  fix angel. Make dress..............

 Her original dress is stained and her big felt feet point the wrong way.I took a leftover piece of sequin pink tulle and fashioned something simple. 

 When white chocolate is  melted, add as many plops of Peanut butter as you wish. Stir to melt. Taste. Add more peanut butter if you want.

 Melt milk chocolate wafers in microwave ( 2 minutes). Stir to finish melting.

 Plop large blobs of white chocolate/peanut butter mixture all over each cookie sheet .Plop large blobs of milk chocolate in between the white chocolate.

 Take a clean knife and gently push and swirl these chocolate blobs so that they form a pattern…do not mix together. It’s kind of fun…like finger-painting.

 Take spoonfuls of dark chocolate melted wafers and drizzle over each  pan.Let set, either in fridge or in cool place. When cool,  turn over each flat of tiger butter, peel off wax paper and drizzle dark chocolate over the other side.

 Then break into pieces. Will keep in sealed baggies in a cool place…not the fridge. I keep my bags of Tiger Butter in a box in the office. 

 **You can use almond butter if you want in place of peanut butter. Not quite the same. But pretty good.

 Save Tiger Butter to give away. Or munch on it as you tie angel to the top of  white tree. Make sure she does not lean or she will fall .  Special  Old Angel. Another Christmas. Another tree. I know, for a fact, that  she can fly......

 “When angels visit us, we do not hear the rustle of wings, nor feel the feathery touch of the breast of a dove; but we know their presence by the love they create in our hearts.”
― Mary Baker Eddy, Poems by Mary Baker Eddy

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