Peanut Butter Recipe – Cookie and Kate

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Peanut butter lovers: Have you ever tried making your personal? I don’t know what took me so lengthy to attempt it. It’s really easy to mix in a food processor and tastes unbelievable. Take your PB&J to the subsequent stage with home made peanut butter.

Home made peanut butter is lusciously creamy, with wealthy and irresistible peanut taste. Notably, there’s no grit or annoying oil to stir into the container. Home made peanut butter tops all of the store-bought choices in taste and texture, and I’ve tried each pure peanut butter on the market!

With home made peanut butter, you could have full management over the components. There’s no want for sugar in case you desire unsweetened peanut butter (although in case you take pleasure in a bit of sweetness, I’ve choices beneath). There’s definitely no want for oils like hydrogenated vegetable oil or palm oil. My dry-roasted peanuts blended into creamy oblivion with none added oils.

If you happen to’re fascinated by making your personal peanut butter, this recipe is for you! You’ll discover suggestions, variations, and the total recipe beneath—plus a video so you possibly can watch it come collectively.

Home made Peanut Butter Ideas

Peanut butter on toast has been a breakfast mainstay for way back to I can bear in mind. I as soon as begged my mother to ship peanut butter throughout the ocean throughout a semester in France. Seems, all you want is peanuts and a meals processor to make your personal.

Begin with unsalted dry-roasted peanuts.

Usually, for nut butters, I begin with uncooked nuts and roast them earlier than mixing. Nevertheless, it’s been troublesome to search out unroasted peanuts these days. Dry-roasted peanuts are the right possibility. Whereas oiled nuts would work, you’re introducing an pointless ingredient into your peanut butter.

Select unsalted peanuts so you possibly can management the salt stage. Double-check the components earlier than shopping for (the one ingredient needs to be peanuts) and style them earlier than mixing. Dangerous peanuts will make unhealthy peanut butter.

Use your meals processor, not a blender.

I’m nonetheless on workforce Meals Processor for nut butters, peanut butter included. Nut butters are so thick that blenders, even nice ones like my Vitamix, require lots of guide assist to get going. It’s simpler to throw the nuts in my food processor and let the processor work it out.

I’m completely satisfied to report that peanut butter blends far more simply than my different nut butter recipes. When you make peanut butter, you’ll wish to attempt the remaining!

Watch How you can Make Peanut Butter

Peanut Butter Taste Variations

Strive only one or attempt all of them! Crunchy cinnamon-honey peanut butter sounds fantastic to me.

Naturally sweetened peanut butter

Honey and peanut butter is perfection, however maple syrup can also be incredible. With home made peanut butter, you could have full management over the sweetness stage. I discovered 1 teaspoon to be evenly candy, 2 teaspoons noticeably candy and barely honey-flavored (it thickens the combination fairly a bit!), and 1 tablespoon tastes like a deal with, with mild honey taste. 

Cinnamon peanut butter

Strive including some floor cinnamon for some warming spice. Use 1/2 teaspoon for delicate taste, or as much as 1 tablespoon in case you’re a giant fan.

Crunchy peanut butter

For some crunch, reserve about 3/4 cup of the peanuts. Mix the remaining as directed, then add the reserved peanuts again to the processor and course of simply till they’re damaged into small bits.

Blended nut butter

Substitute almonds, cashews, pecans, walnuts or pistachios for among the peanuts.

Peanut Butter Serving Ideas

I like peanut butter for breakfast. It’s exhausting to beat peanut butter on toast! To take it to the subsequent stage, drizzle it with honey. Stir a dollop of peanut butter into your morning oats to make them extra hearty—attempt my in a single day oats, oatmeal, and steel-cut oats.

My toddler’s favourite snack is apple slices with peanut butter dip—merely stir a beneficiant spoonful into some Greek yogurt. Add honey or cinnamon in case you’d like.

Flip your peanut butter into one thing candy, like Peanut Butter Oat Cookies, Monster Cookies or Chocolate Peanut Butter Crispy Bars. You can too use peanut butter to make my Simple No-Bake Granola Bars.

Peanut butter can lean savory, too. Make peanut butter dipping sauce and serve it with spring rolls or drizzle it over these mango burrito bowls. Or make Vegetarian Peanut Soup!

After all, we will’t overlook the basic peanut butter and jelly sandwich, which is a daily in my daughter’s lunch field. You’ll discover extra makes use of for peanut butter right here.

Extra Nut Butters to Strive

Please let me understand how your peanut butter seems within the feedback! I like listening to from you.

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