Nut Butter (Continued)

Seeing how quickly he moved, Jian Mo quickly said, "I'll take care of it. Just be careful."

Ji Xun: "It's alright, I'm keeping an eye on things."

Jian Mo insisted on doing the heavy work. "I'm worried about it."

Soon, the roasted fruit was ready, and the stone mill was washed and dried.

The four of them peeled the kernels from the fruit and then ground them in a stone mill.

Ji Xun brought out a jar of oil from home. "This is the nut oil I got in exchange; the secret to making delicious nut butter is right here."

Jian Mo lowered her head and sniffed. "What kind of oil is this? It has a rather light and mellow flavor."

Ji Xun: "The fruit oil of the yellow-flowered wood."

As Ji Xun spoke, he poured the fruit oil into the kernels of the lychee, mixed it well, and then put it on the stone mill, pushing the millstone to grind the kernels.

This method produces a more delicate nut paste with very small particles.

After checking, Ji Xun went back to the stone mill and ground it a second and third time.

Only after grinding the nut paste three times, turning it into a smooth paste like sesame paste, did Ji Xun put it in a jar.

Jian Mo asked, "Is that all?"

Ji Xun: "Of course not. We haven't added sugar yet, and we haven't boiled it again. It needs to be boiled again before it's ready."

Ji Xun led them into the house, picked out a special earthenware pot, poured the sauce into the pot, and then placed it on the fire pit to simmer slowly over a low flame, while Mo A stirred it constantly as it simmered.

Ji Xun scooped out the flour, added bird eggs, powdered sugar, animal fat, and water, kneaded it into a dough, pressed it into a cake, and baked it in another jar.

After the nut butter was cooked, Ji Xun's cookies were also baked.

Everyone sat outside, drinking tea, enjoying the breeze, gazing at the snow-capped mountains, and eating hot biscuits dipped in hot nut butter.

Jian Mo took a cookie.

The cookies were a bit hard, but they had a wonderful aroma of flour.

The nut butter is extremely smooth and sweet, with a distinctive nut aroma.

The hard biscuits dipped in nut sauce have a delicate and sweet outer layer, while the inside is fragrant and chewy. The rich aroma and sweetness complement each other, and the hardness and smoothness collide. Just eat it slowly, and the more you eat, the more fragrant it becomes, making it more and more irresistible.

Jian Mo was amazed. "How did you come up with such delicious cookies?"

Ji Xun raised his chin and said proudly, "At first, I just wanted to make a snack that would keep me full for a while. But as I kept making it, I came up with this cookie recipe. How is it? Delicious, right?"

Jian Mo gave a thumbs up. "This is the best nut butter I've ever eaten."

Ji Xun: "The secret to this sauce is to add some oil, and you have to be generous with the sugar. Actually, it's okay to add a little more sugar; with oil and sugar, this sauce won't spoil for a long time."

Jian Mo: "Indeed, they'll all end up in our stomachs eventually."

Ji Xun: "That's exactly what I mean. When you're tired or hungry, pour yourself a dish of nut butter, grab a dish of biscuits, and brew some tea to eat slowly. It makes you feel like there's more and more hope for the future."

Jian Mo picked up her teacup. "I admire you. When I get back, we'll make it too."

Knowing he was going through puberty, Ji Xun agreed, "You should take some supplements."

Jian Mo thought for a moment and said, "We have milk where we live; it would probably taste better if we used it to make cookies and nut butter. If you're free tomorrow, you can come down the mountain."

Ji Xun then said, "How about the day after tomorrow? Mo A has class the day after tomorrow, so we can go down the mountain early and visit your house while we're at it."

Jian Mo thought about it and said, "Then I'll just save up some beast milk."

Before the sun set, Jian Mo and the others finished their biscuits, carried the grinning fruit on their backs, and took the two packets of tea that Ji Xun had given them, and ran home.

To entertain Ji Xun and Mo A, Jian Mo specially made some cookies at home first.

His skills are pretty good; the cookies he makes are a bit hard, but they taste great, and Jiujiu and Ying'ao especially love them.

Jiujiu's teeth are actually not very strong; it might not even be able to bite through a large fish normally.

Jian Mo fed it cookies, and it ate them one after another.

Jian Mo looked at it with some suspicion, then stood on tiptoe to pinch its chin. "Don't swallow it whole, chew it first, otherwise you'll choke, and I might not be able to squeeze the cookie out for you."

Jiujiu obediently lowered its head, opened its mouth to show Jian Mo the biscuit it had chewed with its molars. "Jiujiu." It chewed.

Jian Mo then lowered her hand, took out some cookies from the basket, and gently tossed them into the air.

Jiujiu opened its mouth wide to catch it, and with its big mouth, it caught it every time. "Chirp!"

Ying'ao ate biscuits much more politely, one biscuit per paw, chewing slowly and deliberately, without any hurry.

Jian Mo couldn't help but rub its wings. "Ying'ao, you really have the air of a boss!"

Ying'ao: "Chirp."

Having already fed the two chicks at home, Jian Mo also gave a portion to the little ones in the tribe.

The kids love these sweet, freshly baked cookies with a hint of milk and flour. Some of them are reluctant to finish them and will even take them home to share with the adults.

As a result, the entire Riverside Tribe knew that Jian Mo had a new kind of delicious biscuit.

When Ji Xun and Mo A came down the mountain, they specifically asked, "Have you been baking cookies these past few days?"

Jian Mo: "Yeah, let's try making cookies with milk. The result exceeded my expectations! Come on in, I'm going to make waterless cookies today."

Jian Mo excitedly led Ji Xun and Mo A into the kitchen. "We ground the nuts this morning. We didn't use vegetable oil, but butter extracted from animal milk. Smell it, what do you think?"

Ji Xun up the jar and smelled it. "Wow, it smells milky, it smells delicious."

Jian Mo: "Then you should try it."

Ji Xun took a spoon, gently scooped up half a spoonful, tasted it, and then gave the spoon to Mo A to taste. "It has a sweet milky flavor, and the taste is richer and smoother. I like this nut butter."

Jian Mo: "It's not done yet. I wanted to wait until you guys arrived before I started making it. Freshly made nut butter is more fragrant."

Ji Xun: "It tastes good now, but I can't imagine how good it will taste after it's fully cooked!"