Homemade Peanut Butter

I lovelovelove peanut butter.  I love natural peanut butter, chunky peanut butter, chocolate peanut butter, and even processed name brand peanut butter.  I cannot have it in the house either.  I will eat the whole container in 2 days.  This was getting a little expensive, plus I wanted to experiment with flavors. 

So, I researched homemade peanut butter and couldn’t believe how easy and tasty homemade peanut butter was to make.  You really only need 2 things:  peanuts and a food processor.  Put the peanuts in the food processor, turn it on high, let it spin for a few minutes, and before you know it, you have peanut butter.  Some people like to add oil to it, but I don’t find it necessary and I want my peanut butter to be as natural as possible.

So far I’ve made a few flavors:  plain, chocolate, honey, cinnamon, honey/cinnamon combo, and chocolate malt.  I have a few more flavors I want to try and I’ll let you know as soon as I finish experimenting.

Homemade Peanut Butter

1 ½ pounds peanuts (no salt or lightly salted)

pinch salt

mix ins:  honey, cinnamon, dark or milk chocolate melted (about 3-4 oz. depending how chocolatey you want it), malt powder (3 tablespoons)

Place peanuts in a food processor fitted with a steel blade

Turn processor on high for several minutes until peanuts are broken down into a paste

Add your mix ins and stir until combined (add as much or as little mix ins as you like)

Store in your fridge for up to 2 weeks

I have other flavors I’ll experiment with such as banana, cayenne, vanilla, and maple and report back….