Goal Accomplished: Self Sufficiency

What's this all about?  you might be asking.  Well, let me tell you.  It's something that will save the Mulder's a lot of money and diabetes (but not time! ugh).  It's our homemade nutella!!! It's sooo good.  Tastes just like the real deal-io!

1 1/2 cup whole hazelnuts

1T coconut oil (optional)

1 1/2 cups whole milk

3/4 cup powdered milk
1 Tbsp. mild-flavored honey
pinch salt
1 heaping cup chopped bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, or chips
1 scant cup chopped milk chocolate, or chips...or carob chips.

On a rimmed baking sheet, toast the nuts in a 400ºF for 10 minutes, or until fragrant and their skins begin to pop. Transfer to a tea towel, gather into a bundle and rub together to remove as much of their skins as possible. While warm, transfer to the bowl of a food processor and blend until they go from finely ground to pasty and thick, like natural peanut butter. I added 1 T of coconut oil to help it blend up better and be more pastey.

Meanwhile, warm the milk, powdered milk, honey and salt in a small saucepan just until it starts to boil. Remove from heat. In a glass or stainless steel bowl set over a pan of simmering water (or in the microwave), melt the chocolates, stirring occasionally until smooth.

Add the melted chocolate to the ground nuts and continue to process the mixture, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl as necessary. Add the warm milk mixture and process until everything is well blended and as smooth as you can get it. Makes about 2 cups.

And there you have it.  Amaziness.  And you're welcome, and come over and eat some nutella and bananas with us, or some nutella and coconut milk ice cream, or some nutella and toast, or some nutella and apples, or some nutella and strawberries, or some nutella self frosting cupcakes, or some nutella cookies, or some nutella milk, or some nutella  dipped ANYTHING!!!!!