Saturday, January 31, 2009

Homemade Peanut Butter

Why haven't I ever done this before? So so so delicious, you can regulate the sweetness, it's not full of ingredients like store bought, and CHEAPER!!! This will be it for me for now, although I admit I will always store some store bought in my year's supply "just in case".

Ingredients:

15 oz. shelled and skinned roasted peanuts
1 tsp. kosher salt
1 1/2 tsp. honey
1 1/2 tbsp. peanut oil

Place the peanuts, salt and honey into the bowl of food processor. Process for 1 minute. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Place the lid back on and continue to process while slowly drizzling in the oil, process until mixture is smooth, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Place in airtight container and store in refrigerator for up to 2 months. I personally added about 2 1/2 tsp. honey and about 2 1/2 tbsp. oil, I like it sweeter and smoother. Next time I will make a batch of crunchy, that's what I like the best.

Recipe courtesty of Alton Brown, Food Network.

2 comments:

Carrie said...

about how much does it make?

kathee said...

It makes about a cup. I think you would really dig this since you can regulate the sugar. It is so good.