Homemade Peanut Butter

Name: Homemade Peanut Butter
Ingredients: 2 cups (250 g) raw shelled peanuts; 1 tablespoons any natural oil, such as vegetable oil, peanut oil or canola oil (optional); ½ teaspoon white sugar (optional); 2 teaspoons honey (optional); 1 pinch of salt

Peanut butter is a food product usually consisting of roasted and ground peanuts, sometimes sweetened. It is commonly sold in grocery stores, but can be made at home.

Ingredients

2 cups (250 g) raw shelled peanuts
1 tablespoons any natural oil, such as vegetable oil, peanut oil or canola oil (optional)
½ teaspoon white sugar (optional)
2 teaspoons honey (optional)
1 pinch of salt

Steps

Place tinfoil on a baking pan, add in peanuts and bake the peanuts at 200–350 °F for about 10 minutes.
Let peanuts cool. You can shake the peanuts to peel its skin.
Process or blend for a while. Blend to a desired consistency. This will take around 10 minutes. At first, it will be crumbly, but as you blend it comes together into a ball, and eventually it will turn smooth and creamy.
If desired, add in oil, sugar, honey and salt. Process or blend until combined.

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Adapted from “Homemade Peanut Butter” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.