Homemade Peanut Butter!
Once upon a time, I needed peanuts for a recipe. Peanut butter bacon cookies, to be exact. (And if there is anyone in your life who enjoys peanut butter and/or bacon, I would go get Joy the Baker's cookbook pronto and make them some. Seriously. They are amazing.)
I needed 1/2 cup of roasted, salted peanuts. I don't use peanuts for much else, yet there was a 16 oz. container sitting in my pantry. But I'd seen recipes for homemade peanut butter on Pinterest recently, and since I was almost out of peanut butter (one of my staples), I figured I'd give it a try. It was kind of impromtu, so I didn't take many pictures. Maybe next time.
I don't think I'll ever buy peanut butter again. Or almond butter, for that matter.
The recipe I used called for 16 oz. of salted peanuts. I had 1/2 a cup less than 16 oz. of dry roasted peanuts.
And it still totally worked. No conversions, no worry. I think that's my favorite part about this recipe.
I poured about half of the bottle of peanuts into my food processor. Give or take a few peanuts. Whatever.
And then, using the grind setting (my itty bitty food processor only has "grind" and "chop" settings), I took all my frustrations out on the peanuts. Ok, so not really. But it is kind of soothing to watch them go from whole to crumbly to a powder to a paste to a giant glob and then to peanut butter. It was pretty cool. It will take a while: like up to 5 minutes. Just keep going. It will be obvious that it has reached a butter consistency. And hey, if it's not ready, just put it back in and keep processing!
I took half of my peanut butter out at this point. I put it in a jar I had on hand, and I have it stored in the fridge.
I added a handful of chocolate chips to the other half and kept processing it. The original recipe called for 2 cups of chocolate chips for 16 oz. of peanuts, but since I didn't measure in the first place, I just kind of eyeballed it. I also added a splash of vanilla extract.
Voila! Homemade peanut butter. And as much as I highly suggest making it in any form (there are many suggestions for mix ins and flavors on the original site), I adore the chocolate version. Just a heads up: the chocolate will make it very hard when cold. It warms up nicely, I've heard.
But I've just been eating it in my oatmeal almost every day for lunch. Because I am addicted to oatmeal. And the chocolate peanut butter adds both protein and amazing flavor!
I needed 1/2 cup of roasted, salted peanuts. I don't use peanuts for much else, yet there was a 16 oz. container sitting in my pantry. But I'd seen recipes for homemade peanut butter on Pinterest recently, and since I was almost out of peanut butter (one of my staples), I figured I'd give it a try. It was kind of impromtu, so I didn't take many pictures. Maybe next time.
I don't think I'll ever buy peanut butter again. Or almond butter, for that matter.
The recipe I used called for 16 oz. of salted peanuts. I had 1/2 a cup less than 16 oz. of dry roasted peanuts.
And it still totally worked. No conversions, no worry. I think that's my favorite part about this recipe.
I poured about half of the bottle of peanuts into my food processor. Give or take a few peanuts. Whatever.
And then, using the grind setting (my itty bitty food processor only has "grind" and "chop" settings), I took all my frustrations out on the peanuts. Ok, so not really. But it is kind of soothing to watch them go from whole to crumbly to a powder to a paste to a giant glob and then to peanut butter. It was pretty cool. It will take a while: like up to 5 minutes. Just keep going. It will be obvious that it has reached a butter consistency. And hey, if it's not ready, just put it back in and keep processing!
I took half of my peanut butter out at this point. I put it in a jar I had on hand, and I have it stored in the fridge.
I added a handful of chocolate chips to the other half and kept processing it. The original recipe called for 2 cups of chocolate chips for 16 oz. of peanuts, but since I didn't measure in the first place, I just kind of eyeballed it. I also added a splash of vanilla extract.
But I've just been eating it in my oatmeal almost every day for lunch. Because I am addicted to oatmeal. And the chocolate peanut butter adds both protein and amazing flavor!
Glad to hear it is so easy. Great idea to add chocolate!
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