Peanut Butter Bourbon Sauce

This recipe is one of my grandma Jeans recipes.  I can remember on some of the weekends that my sister and I would spend out on “the farm” grandma would make as a treat at night.  Most of the time we got a big bag of popcorn made in homemade lard.  Yes, on the farm it was lard that she used as her fat to cook with.  It made the most amazing tasting popcorn ever.  She would put it into a big paper bag after popping it and sprinkle butter and salt over it.  Then a few shakes of the bag and into the bowls.  Such a simple but amazing night time treat.

Other times she would make us each a big bowl of vanilla ice cream coated in Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup.  Back then it came in a can and it was such a special treat.  But my favorite times where when she would break out the peanut butter and sweetened condensed milk.  I knew we were getting her delicious peanut butter sauce to top our ice cream.  I sure wish we could spend just one more night back there on the farm with her.

Of course grandma’s sauce wasn’t made with the one extra ingredient I am adding tonight, but I think she might approve.  So give this a try and let me know what y’all think.

Ingredients:

• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup peanut butter (tonight I used chunky)
• 1 shot of bourbon (totally optional, but why not…LOL)

Mix all ingredients in a small sauce pan and heat over medium heat till well mixed and starting to bubble.

Take off heat and put in jar to cool.

Pour over your favorite ice cream and enjoy.  You might have to heat it up a bit in the microwave to thin after keeping in the refrigerator.

Will keep for up to 3 weeks sealed in refrigerator.