MAKING PEANUT BUTTER

Peanut butter is a fun and easy recipe to make!

Ingredients

• Salted or Unsalted Roasted peanuts in shells
• Corn, vegetable, or peanut oil

What you'll need

• Measuring cup
• Food processor or grinder (for crunchy style peanut butter)
• Food blender (for smooth style)
• Tablespoon
• Teaspoon
• Jar

1. Crack open the shells and remove the peanuts. Measure out about one cup.  If you have already shelled peanuts use one cup.

2. Remove the red skin from the peanuts if the skins on are them still.

3. If you want chunky peanut butter, put the peanuts in a food processor or grinder and run the chopped mixture through three or more times until the peanut butter is the consistency that you like. For creamy style peanut butter, chop up the peanuts in a blender.   If using a blender you may have to stop it once or twice (sometimes more) and stir up the mixture to assure you get a good blend.

4. Add about one to two tablespoons of cooking oil in small amounts and regrind or blend the mixture until the peanut butter is the familiar paste consistency. Some people, such as myself, use no additional oils for a thicker peanut butter.  One of the best things about homemade peanut butter is that it contains no preservatives or other additives!

To avoid spoiling, keep any unused portion in the refrigerator.

11:13 AM - 2006-Sep-23