Peanut butter

SarahJane · Post: # 90590Post **SarahJane** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:14 pm

Has anyone ever tried making Peanut Butter? If so do you have a recipe please?

eccentric_emma · Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:35 pm

according to my book its literally just peanuts, enough oil to blend with and a pinch of salt. then just blend away, with a strong blender. it does say you could roast the peanuts in a large, dry pan first if you like. (might make blending easier?)

mrsflibble · Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:13 pm

roasting the nuts makes it taste more like the peanut butter you'd get in shops.
also, adding a small sprinkle of sugar helps too.
and add the oil like you would in mayonnaise otherwise it will separate into nuts and oil.

ina · Post: # 90670Post **ina** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:47 pm

mrsflibble wrote: also, adding a small sprinkle of sugar helps too.

Argh! I would never buy peanut butter with sugar in it...

Knuckles · Post: # 90786Post **Knuckles** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:53 pm

I buy local peanut butter from a co-op and the label says peanuts and salt. After getting it home I stir and fridge. After sitting for a while and not re-stirring it can get sort of hard (have you ever sliced pb?) so I put a few drops of olive oil in and viola!

SarahJane · Post: # 90821Post **SarahJane** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:41 pm

Thanks for that.

Another thing to try out this weekend. I have nuts left over from christmas, (unsalted and unopened) . I presume you do use unsalted ones?

frozenthunderbolt · Fri Mar 21, 2008 7:06 am

SarahJane wrote:Thanks for that.
I presume you do use unsalted ones?

yep. best to buy raw peanuts that are NOT from china (may contain aflutoxins or the remains of dye that has been washed off that was marking them as containing aflutoxin

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Roast them in a shallow dish in the oven for 10 min or untill done then let them cool.

Put them in a colinder and "ruffel" them to get the red skins off then blend as said before with a pinch of salt and a little oil. do in small batches: its easier on the blender