Peanut Butter (without all the added stuff!)

Homemade Peanut Butter

A few weeks ago, I made my first batch of almond butter and it was better than anything I've bought in the store.  Once I saw how easy it was to make almond butter, I thought why not try peanut butter.  My husband really liked peanut butter but doesn't like the natural kinds I have purchased in the past. I'm anxious to see if this goes over an better.

Have you ever looked at the ingredient list on Target's peanut butter?  Is it really necessary to have sugar as the second ingredient plus rapeseed oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, and molasses?

All of my peanut butter includes is dry roasted peanuts, a dash of salt, 2 tablespoons of honey and 2 tablespoons of coconut oil.  I used a bag of dry roasted peanuts from Trader Joes.

1) Put about a 1/2 of cup of peanuts into the food processor and chop briefly.  Sit to the side, it will be added later to create chunky peanut butter.

2) Add the remaining peanuts, 1 tablespoon of honey and 1 tablespoon of coconut oil to the food processor.  This is wear patience comes to play.  Run the food processor and watch the peanuts transform.  You may need to stop it occasionally and push the mixture to the bottom of the processor.

3) If necessary, the last tablespoon of honey and coconut oil to reach the desired consistency. 

4)  After about 10  minutes has passed, your mixture should start to look like peanut butter.  Once you are happy with the consistency, put the chopped peanuts back into the butter and run the processor just long enough to mix the peanuts in.


5) Store in an airtight container in the fridge or pantry.  If you plan on keeping it in the fridge, remove about 5 minutes before you wish to use it for easy spreading.

If you are feeling creative - add cocoa powder for chocolate peanut butter!