How To Make Homemade Peanut Butter
Written by joythebaker on February 16, 2009 – 5:47 pm -
Some things in the world are just too too easy. Peanut butter is one of those things.
I suppose those easy things work to compliment the tasks in life that are far too complicated for their own good. These complicated tasks include, but are not limited to, matching your socks fresh out of the dryer, finding your other slipper in a closet full of shoes, and emptying your vacuum bag and finding replacements of the same size and shape… seriously, why is that so hard!?
Where these little bits of life are difficult, some things, like homemade peanut butter, are easy peasy. Thank goodness for the little things.
This recipe is so easy that I almost feel bad typing it out for you. In essence, if you throw shelled peanuts into a food processor, with or without a pinch of salt, whirl it up for several minutes, you’ll have the magic of peanut butter in your kitchen. It’s really that easy, and you skip all the dirty hydrogenated oils that sometimes complicate our food.
Peanut butter…. make it.
Homemade Honey Roasted Peanut Butter
makes just over 1 cup of peanut butter
1 1/2 cups honey roasted peanuts (you can also used roasted unsalted peanuts, or roasted and salted peanuts, adjusting the salt to taste)
pinch of salt
Place shelled peanuts in the bowl of a food processor with blade. Make sure the lid is on tight and turn on the food processor. Nuts will move from course to finely ground then begin to form a paste. Feel free to stop the food processor once the paste begins to form to scrape the sides of the bowl. Turn on food processor again until the peanuts resemble a thick, but mostly smooth, and shiny (from the peanut oil) peanut butter. This took me about 4 minutes of food processing
Store in an airtight container in the fridge. Place in a warm water bath or in a low microwave for 30-45 seconds to soften and spread. Delicious!
Tags: homemade, how to, nuts, peanut butter, peanuts
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This is the only kind of peanut butter my husband will eat now. He had no idea it could taste so good! But the honey roasted is a great idea I will have to try it.
Congratulations!!!! World’s 50 best food blogs!!! You so rock!!!! So well deserved!!!
(And the peanut butter looks great).
Congrats on making the World’s 50 Best Food Blogs!! I also think you should have been higher up than 50, but hey.
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Hello?! This is what I’m talking about! I love my Jif Extra Crunchy, but homemade is da bomb! Recently, I’ve been enjoying homemade almond butter with a few nut additions such as cashew and hazelnut. Mmm..mmmm…good!
Hey Joy! I could not believe how simple this was! I added melted chocolate and shredded coconut to mine. It was heavenly on a toasted cinnamon-raisin bagel.
Thanks for the inspiration!!
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I can’t wait to try this…I LOVE peanut butter. Can you make chunky peanut butter using this recipe though? Would you just not process it as long, or add in chopped peanuts afterwards?
Good god, I wish I wasn’t allergic to peanuts! I guess I could try this with other nuts though…hmmmm….
Wow, I can’t believe so many people didn’t know how to make this! Homemade isn’t as creamy as store-bought unless you put in those transfats, but homemade is SO much better! Thanks for making the world a lot less ignorant.
Wow I didn’t realize peanut butter was so easy to make! It is one of my favorite foods and I am definitely making my own from now on so I don’t wind up with all the extra sodium, trans fats, etc from the store-bought ones.
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Oh, don’t feel guilty. I had no idea it was that easy, but now that I do I’m going to give it a try! I’m a total nut fiend… This is right up my alley!
Could you do this in a blender if you don’t have a food processor?
simplicity is my favorite thing in life.
and peanut butter.
thanks
Wow, this is easy. Everyone should be doing this in light of the recent PB scandals. I have been avoiding the stuff because of the salmonella, but now you have inspired me to make my own. Thanks!
This is so ridiculously easy that I’m almost embarrassed I didn’t know this before. Thanks for bringing all of us out of the dark!
WOW! Can’t wait to try this! Thanks for posting this easy recipe…….and I’m so happy I found your fun and interesting blog!
I just made my first batch of homemade peanut butter this morning. I had been buying the natural peanut butter but am now going all homemade. Wow, absolutely amazing.
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My mom makes this all the time
. She even packs PB for the new grandbaby. And he loves it.
Hey guys – anyone know how long this would last in the fridge? Thanks! A
Do you have to refrigerate the peanut butter immediately or even at all in order to preserve it’s life?
I wouldn’t say you need to refrigerate this peanut butter as soon as you make it, but once you’re done using it, put it in a good tupperware container and store it in the fridge… just to keep it super fresh.
I got a peanut butter maker; I tried to make the peanut butter from shelled roasted peanuts, The color was tan like the peanuts; how do
I make the peanut butter brown like one usually sees it?
peanut butter was delicious
You must pour 1 tablespoon of oil over the nuts and roast them in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes before you put them in the food processor. make sure you stir the nuts often in the oven so they don’t burn. Good luck with it. I made some nutella the other day and it turned out divine.
I have 20 peanut plants growing in the garden right now—my first time growing them since I was a child-I hope they do well and I can have really healthy peanuts to make some peanut butter with. I also have 2 very large freezer bags of raspberries that I want to can–looks like I can have some yummy peanut butter & jelly sandwiches soon!
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This sounds wonderful! I have been thinking of making my own, but wasn’t sure how difficult it would be. I am so glad to hear how easy it is…PB is one of my favorite things to eat…gotta try this soon.