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    Home » Healthy Recipes » Healthy Choices

    Homemade Peanut Butter

    Published: Jul 16, 2015 by Ramya · 3 Comments

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    Many years ago, my dad brought home a suspicious looking jar from office. On it was written peanut butter. I must have been about 12years old and that tin of peanut butter seemed quite interesting for I had never heard of such a thing as peanut butter. None of us at home knew what to do with it and so, it found its way into our refrigerator door. For a couple of weeks it was almost forgotten. When I was shelled bored one day, I took a spoonful of this peanut butter and loved it instantly. I have already talked about how my family detested breads of any sort and so, this peanut butter became my snack rather than a spread. Soon after it got over, everyone forgot about it except me. Years later, after moving to Bangalore I found peanut butter again but I was not much interested in finishing a full jar by myself. With husband around, we did buy it once and that’s it.

    My issues with buying peanut butter from a store – comes in a big jar and often, we forget it after using it a few times. And then, the sugar content along with the added preservatives. While I enjoy an occasional peanut butter jam sandwich, I can’t buy a jar of it that’s costly.  I had been meaning to try making it at home and recently made an attempt. It was a super duper hit and I swear we are never going to buy another jar of peanut butter from the store. I dry roasted the peanuts in microwave and it took me only 10mins to whip out this peanut butter. Also, I used honey instead of sugar and a teaspoon of oil which is optional. I did not remove the skin of the peanuts and loved the deep brown color. It stayed good for a week in the refrigerator and I can make fresh batches whenever required. Doesn’t all of this make this peanut butter super awesome?! 🙂

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    To make Peanut Butter

    Makes - More than ½ cup for a cup of peanuts

    Time to prepare – 10mins (for making this in microwave)

    What I used –

    • Raw Peanuts, 1 cup
    • Honey, 2 tbsp
    • Salt, a large generous pinch
    • Oil, 1 teaspoon (optional)

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    How I made –

    • In a microwave safe bowl, add the cup of peanuts and microwave for about 3 mins. Pause every minute and toss the peanuts so that they don’t char. The peanuts should be roasted well.
    • While the roasted peanuts are still hot, add them to a mixer jar. Hold the lid of the jar with the cloth and blend continuously for 40-50secs. The peanuts can be quite hot out of the microwave and the cloth helps protect your hand.
    • Open the lid of the jar, scrape the sides of the jar and blend again continuously for a minute. At this stage, the peanuts should be powdered well and appear crumbly.
    • Again, scrape the sides of the jar and repeat blending for another minute continuously. You should see that the natural oils should be released and peanut butter taking shape.
    • While scraping the sides of the jar this time, add honey, oil and salt. Blend for one last time until really smooth and buttery in texture.
    • Let it cool and remove it onto a bowl. If it’s too thick, extra honey or oil can be added but usually not required.
    • Serve it along with jam for bread or as a dip.

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    Note –

    • If you cannot microwave the peanuts, dry roast them in a pan until they are browned and roasted well. This usually takes some time and patience.
    • It is essential to start grinding the peanuts while they are still hot.
    • Do not add water while grinding the peanuts.
    • Sweetness from the honey would be more than sufficient but one can add sugar if desired.
    • Adjust salt quantities as per preference.
    • Oil can be avoided altogether but the peanut butter can get sticky.

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    1. Chitra Jagadish

      July 18, 2015 at 1:08 pm

      My Lo favourite spread. ...

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      • CHCooks

        July 19, 2015 at 5:38 am

        🙂 🙂

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