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safeinOhio

(34,077 posts)
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 01:21 PM Oct 2013

Home made peanut butter.

Just made some for the first time in the blender. Easy, cheap and healthy. After reading the label on my store bought and seeing how much "natural" ones cost at the market, thought I'd give it a try on a rainy day. Did a search on the net for "blender peanut butter". Took about 15 minutes and most of that was cleaning out the blender. Taste great. Cost me about 2 bucks to make a pound.

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Home made peanut butter. (Original Post) safeinOhio Oct 2013 OP
Good for you! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2013 #1
That's now all we eat....here is how we make ours. NRaleighLiberal Oct 2013 #2
I used a pound of safeinOhio Oct 2013 #3
try using molasses and/or honey in place of, or in addition to the brown sugar - adds complexity NRaleighLiberal Oct 2013 #4
I can live off the stuff gejohnston Oct 2013 #5
I like to start with raw peanuts BlueToTheBone Dec 2013 #6
I'm going to have to try this laundry_queen Dec 2013 #7
There's nowhere here to buy bulk shelled peanuts IrishAyes Dec 2013 #8

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,097 posts)
1. Good for you!
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 01:23 PM
Oct 2013

Be sure and refrigerate it pretty soon. That way, as you undoubtedly know, it won't ever separate.




NRaleighLiberal

(60,501 posts)
2. That's now all we eat....here is how we make ours.
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 01:40 PM
Oct 2013

1 bag Trader Joe 50% less salt roasted peanuts (unsure of amt - 12 oz to 1 lb)
2-3 tbsp canola oil
3-4 tbsp dark molasses
2-3 tbsp honey

add all into a food processor with the chopper blade - blend, scrape down, blend, scrape down, etc until the appropriate smoothness (or on our case, chunkiness). With less oil, it is stiffer and doesn't separate - we store ours in our food cupboard; in the fridge it gets too crumbly.

any of the above can be increased or decreased for desired sweetness, smoothness or spreadability.

safeinOhio

(34,077 posts)
3. I used a pound of
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 02:01 PM
Oct 2013

caned peanuts. blender for about 3 or 4 minutes. Stirred in a T spoon and a half of canola oil and a small amount of brown sugar.
The 2 closest Trader Joes are 100 miles away.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,501 posts)
4. try using molasses and/or honey in place of, or in addition to the brown sugar - adds complexity
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 02:03 PM
Oct 2013

and richness.

BlueToTheBone

(3,747 posts)
6. I like to start with raw peanuts
Tue Dec 10, 2013, 07:51 PM
Dec 2013

and give them a salt water bath, roast them on 325 convection until the right color. Then I run them through the food processor with a tad more salt and rice bran oil. I never have to refrigerate because I live with the peanut buddha and it only lasts a few days at the most.

laundry_queen

(8,646 posts)
7. I'm going to have to try this
Wed Dec 11, 2013, 10:36 AM
Dec 2013

we've been going through large amounts of peanut butter lately since my older girls can take peanuts to their schools (it's more relaxed in high school with the nut rules) and my oldest loves the natural stuff that is very pricey and I don't always buy it for her because of that. I have the proper blender to do this (good ol'vitamix) but I'm not sure if it will be worth it depending on how cheap I can find some peanuts...we'll see! I'll check it out on my next trip for groceries.

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
8. There's nowhere here to buy bulk shelled peanuts
Fri Dec 27, 2013, 09:22 AM
Dec 2013

But I plan to grow the giant, heirloom African kind this spring. The plants are beautiful too.

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