One too many rubbery bits in my chicken nuggets caused me to be a vegetarian during childhood. Growing up, I remember having the oil-on-top, sawdust-tasting, have-to-vigorously-stir-it-with-a-spoon-without-spilling-oil type of peanut butter in the fridge. This was for Dad. Nobody else touched it.

The problem with the tasty peanut butter from my childhood is that it not so astonishingly has some nasty added ingredients. I eventually had to get real about peanut butter. Peanut butter is still a part of my diet, and now I make my own delicious, creamy variety at home.

All you need for a great peanut butter is peanuts. Depending on your tastes, you can also add a little oil, a pinch of sea salt, or a bit of raw honey if you like yours sweetened. Be particular about your peanuts. Instead, to my horror, the list of ingredients included things like monosodium glutamate MSG!

Just another example of how reading labels is a complete eye-opener! Choose any type of peanut you are comfortable using. You may prefer organic, dry roasted, salted, unsalted, or the cheapest kind available. A container of dry roasted peanuts or other variety may have additives you are trying to avoid in your peanut butter.

Dump peanuts and any other ingredients you are using into blender or food processor. Turn on machine and blend on highest setting until peanut butter begins to move freely through the blades.

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Push peanuts into blade using the plunger while blending. Stop processing when peanut butter begins flowing freely through blades and the high pitched motor sound changes to a lower pitched sound. For food processors or blenders that do not have a plunger: You may need to stop the machine once or twice during blending to scrape down the sides. Continue blending until desired consistency is reached. Stop machine, scoop peanut butter out of your machine with spatula and refrigerate in an airtight container.

Refrigerated peanut butter will last several months.

So instead of processed, mass produced, commercial peanut butters, experiment with this simple recipe and let us know what you think!

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Betsy loves laughing out loud, sipping on chai lattes, and finding the best beaches. Your article comes at the perfect time. I just got a Vitamix and was boycotting buying peanut butter because its like 8 dollars for a jar.

I knew you could make it with this machine, but was unsure of the type of peanuts to use. I had a jar of dry roasted unsalted in my hand too, with nothing else on the ingredient list, but put it back down until I did some more reading. I actually just made some almond nut butter but added some extra virgin olive oil to it instead of coconut oil….

Also was wondering if you have a section here on things you have made with your Vitamix.

My fingers are crossed you do a Vitamix section! Even though I have the cookbook that came with the machine…its not the same as seeing or hearing what someone actually did in the blender…….

Debora — One day my VitaMix overheated and shut off. I rushed to Costco where the VitaMix show was in town and spoke to the guy doing the demo, telling him my tale of woe. Turns out, when I got home, it worked fine, so I returned to new one unopened.

I recently purchased a Vitamix and love it!

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I made almond butter last week. No more expensive grind-you- own for us when we can grind our own. For the almond butter using 3 cups of almonds, it took 5 minutes to make butter.

That would really change the taste. Yes, refrigerate your peanut butter to prevent oil separation. It lasts several months if refrigerated. I put it in the pantry and it only separated so much that a quick stir with the knife took care of it.

I tell you what, though — a spoonful of this peanut butter with a bunch of chocolate chips on top is WAY better to me, anyway than regular Jif!

This salt is not for flavor but for mold inhibition and help in de-phytating the nuts. Then drain all this off and either grind the peanuts into peanutbutter right away or stick them in a dehydrator or very low oven until they are roasted. Roasted provides the best, most traditional flavor. Mold ususally not visible is the reason a lot of people have problems with peanuts.

I just wanted to also add that you can make many kinds of nut and seed butters. I really like raw cashew butter and raw sunflower seed butter. You use the same method, and as stated above you would want to soak the raw nuts or seeds its best to google what kind of nut or seed to see the soak time, some require a few hours and longer can make them rancid Its so easy and so much healthier to make your own nut and seed butters!

Thanks again for the post. Thank you so much for this!!! Seeing that we are now OUT of peanut butter and my son needs lunch before kindergarten — and I actually have peanuts in my pantry! Thank you, thank you, thank you! PS — Oh yes! I can add wheat germ and flax seed to this, too! This is so easy…I may have to try it …great information! Just fyi, the peanuts I happened to have in my pantry were Planters cocktail peanuts.

If anyone has any secret info, though, please let me know! Also, if I wanted to add ground flax seed, would I need to adjust the recipe at all?

How much should I add? Peanut oil would be best for the flavor , but any neutral-flavored oil like sunflower or canola would work too. You should not need to adjust the recipe if adding flax seeds. Try with a small amount at first a few Tbsp to be sure you like it. It just depends on your preference.

Have fun with this! I must add, saying it will last several months is quite funny to me. I love it that you get so creative with your nut butter! Btw…we have never been able to make one batch last longer than a few weeks in this house either!

Sooo, I too add other healthy things into the butter, but at present lay heavy with the peanuts to keep that pretty much the overpowering flavor. As long as you keep it on the lighter side, nobody is the wiser for it except you!!! PS I love my Blentec! It is indeed a fabulous machine! Start saving your pennies! I have a hamilton beach food processor that only has one speed and i used fresh shelled peanuts and coconut oil.

Sometimes you need to keep processing to achieve desired consistency. Did you give it 5 minutes or more? I blended it for around ten minutes and the consistency never changed. I tried it a second time and got the same result…: I use about 2 cups shelled peanuts and maybe a tablespoon of honey in my blender and it does that crumbly cookie thing at first but as you help it along pushing the sides back down gently , you can see it starting to look right at the bottom.

Something like the Vitamix or Blendtec that has a stronger motor, plus different speeds to really whip it. I love peanut butter, home made should be even better. Thanks for the tips. Just completed my second batch of peanut butter, this time with coconut oil, in my Ninja Kitchen System.

I make smoothies with broccoli and carrots, it crushes ice into snow, and peanut butter comes out perfect. I am in love: When we lived in Africa, we would have peanut butter ground for us in the market.

The best was with a really dark roasted batch of peanuts. I can now do that in my own oven I have a new food processor, too!

Depends on the area you live in, but I used to stock up when I saw 16 oz. These were not organic though.

Thanks for this recipe! I successfully made my own peanut butter from scratch! Hi Just wondering how much this recipe makes in terms of oz? Is it 24 oz finished or does it get reduced down? Three cups of peanuts blended up makes about 2 cups 1 pint of peanut butter. I totally agree with you on the store peanut butter stuff. I saw a post Here that said that you can use a grain mill for really creamy peanut butter.

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