i have had my food processor for two years now. marshall gave it to me on our second (dating) anniversary.
two years and i have never made my own peanut butter! that’s ridiculous… especially when you consider how simple it is.
step 1: buy nuts. this was a pound of salted + roasted peanuts, because we like salty, roasted peanut butter.
step 2: dump nuts in processor.
step 3: turn processor on.
step 4: push nuts down with a rubber spatula if needs be.
step 5: totally optional.. add oil. i only added 1/2 tsp of canola oil to get things moving a bit better.
step 6: let the processor run for a few minutes.
step 7: admire your peanut butter.
step 8: put it on a tiny condiment spoon so you can show everyone reading your blog how creamy it is.
step 9: put it in an old peanut butter jar.
step 10: eat it. duh.
i cannot believe how easy this was.. i am kind of mad that i have been buying peanut butter for the past two years.
Qs~
1. do you make anything at home that you previously purchased pre-made? marinara sauce, hummus.. and now, nut butter. i would like to make my own bread.. one day at a time.
2. what is your favorite kind of nut or seed butter? (not brand—kind.) i love maple almond butter.
xo. janetha g.
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I won 200 bucks to williams sonoma for some recipe contest and I had no clue what to get, now I think you got me sold on getting a food processor.
I’ve lately been all over hazelnuts. I think I’d make hazelnut butter with sea salt and dark chocolate. Or yea, I could just buy nutella…
But dont be mad for buying pb for so long. Skippy is still my crack of choice.
WHAT? You should give it to me. Just saying.
come and get it!
I make my own seitan now and keep in in the freezer. I do the same with my own veggie burgers as well. I pretty much try to make what I know I can make like hummus, spaghetti sauce, salsas, even bread (like french bread or pizza dough). Saves money plus you know what’s it. I’ve not tried making a nut butter though. I really should.
I make my own hummus and my own bread. I KEEP meaning to make my own peanut butter. I really need to get on that, my food processor is less of a food processor for not having processed peanuts ;)
I think my favorite kind is just plain old peanut butter. So boring I know, but there’s just nothing else like it!
Crazy! I just made PB for the first time this morning! I used one pound of roasted unsalted peanuts, added a little sea salt, a tablespoon of honey, and let it whirl around in my Ninja. The result=amazing peanut butter for just under $2.50. I would love to make some sort of chocolatey creation in the future, but will probably make some cashew butter next. I have been reading about the health benefits of cashews but cashew butter is WAY expensive…not currently at Trader Joes :(
That looks delish and so simple to make! I definitely need to get my hands on a food processor. It’s on my “wants” list.
I also love almond butter, have not tried maple almond butter though.
I’m amazed at how easy to make that make-your-own PB looks!
Reason #20583 I need a food processor!
I make my own almond butter and it is soo awesome!!
Homemade nut butter is quite possibly the best thing on the planet. Sooo drippppy!!
i need to def use my processor more. Last week I made a vegan basil pasta sauce and was so proud! next up? i need to make hummus.
xoxo
Lo
You should try some other nuts now too – almonds, hazelnut. I made Jake’s mom some walnut butter for her birthday last year. Roasted some walnuts at home – just a bit, added a tsp of olive oil and some sea salt. She said it was fabulous. I didn’t try it as walnuts cause cankers in my mouth. So easy and yummy.
I can’t eat walnuts, either! I like the idea of roasting the nuts myself, though. What temp did you do it at?
I don’t remember other than I think it was low – like 250 or 300.
Cool thanks!
I have tried lots of nut butter but I still adore peanut butter. It’s my favorite.
Things I make at home? Bread, english muffins, peanut butter, almond butter, pad thai, peanut sauce….I want to make fresh pasta sometime!
English muffins–that would be fabulous.
Oh wow, I kind of want to try that asap :)
ugh, I SO need a food processor! You just can’t do this in a blender.
I love making bread at home – it’s so rewarding to have that fresh baked bread smell in the kitchen. Please try my farmhouse bread recipe – it’s so easy!
Favorite is probably salted almond or peanut butter. has to be salty!
I actually starred that recipe! I must try. You are such an awesome baker.
aw, thanks! :) it’s super easy – I think you’ll love it!
I LOVE making my own nut butter. I love cinnamon almond butter (homemade)!!
I’ve been curious about making peanut butter. I’ve tried other nut butters but I’m not crazy about them. The exception being Nutella. OMG that stuff is good!
I actually haven’t really tried making anything I used to buy pre-made. At least not what I can think of. On a very rare occassion I will buy a jar of tomato sauce (my grandparents would be rolling over in their grave!) and doctor it up a bit, but my whole life we’ve been making our own sauce. It’s sort of an unwritten rule I think for Italians to make their own sauce…
My absolute favorite is sunflower seed butter and I can’t believe I haven’t made it myself either…I’m going to give some seeds a whirl in the food processor tonight to try it out! I do make homemade hummus from time to time but seeing it all packaged and flavorful at the market usually wins over me making it.
now I REALLY want a food processor!!!
favorite kind; peanut butter with flaxseeds
Oh I love that, too. Naturally More is a tasty brand.
If it’s doable for me to make something at home instead of purchasing it pre-made, I try to do that. For example, I make my own tortillas and almond butter. Yesterday I made coconut butter and the next on my list is homemade ”Nutella”. :D
Yes, a lot of things! Pasta sauces, salsa, hummus, nut butter, granola bars, I have tried bread and well it was okay ;)
I love making peanut butter! White chocolate is my favorite to make!
Holy. Yum. That looks better than any other peanut butter I’ve seen!
I’m straight up salivating.
I’ve made almond butter before w/ just almonds, no oil or salt needed!
i made my cousin a dark chocolate pomegranate peanut butter for christmas last year… that.was.amazing.
I always make my own pizza dough now and started getting dried beans instead of canned. Not sure that counts but totally worth it.
I like butterscotch peanut butter and cinnamon peanut butter. yumyumyum
Since I bought a food processor a few months ago, I have been making nut butters like no ones business! I haven’t tried hummus or sauces yet, I ought to though
I agree with you on the Maple Almond butter, drool… I also like cinnamon or vanilla flavored nut butters. Anything with a sweeter taste!
Favorite nut butter…I think peanut butter is my favorite…especially with a bit of honey. Yum!
I like to make hummus with the food processor, it’s so easy and delicious!
You MUST make bread! I have a bundle of easy peasy recipes- let me know if you’d like them :) Your nut butter looks so yummy. I’ve made cinnamon walnut butter- very tasty. BUT, I’m usually just lazy and buy it. Same with hummus. Hope you’re having a wonderful Monday
YES, send me your easiest!
I make my own almond butter, which I love!
But the Peanut Butter at TJ is so cheap, I buy theirs…
Wish I had a TJs!
Yes, so simple.. yet I can never get myself to do it.. I always gripe that smiths marketplaces pb/ab grinders are broken… and go days without delicious nut butter.. now I just need to do it myself.. haha!
Yay for making your own peanut butter! Isn’t it amazingly easy? It’s one of those things you’ll never buy again. I love making honey roasted peanut butter. I roasted the nuts in honey and then grind it all up. It’s seriously the BEST nut butter ever!
1. do you make anything at home that you previously purchased pre-made? = I make nut butter all the time. Cashew butter is really easy and I also add chocolate to it. I have a divine recipe for choc coconut cashew butter on my site.
2. what is your favorite kind of nut or seed butter? = PB and SFSButter. A tie.
I have to say I just got hte trader joes almond butter with flax seeds and it is FABULOUS! i think the flax seed adds that amazing crunch and little extra flavor that I adore
I made PB once but did not use enough oil to get it ‘movin’ in the processor and it turned out to clumpy :( yorus looks PERFECT!
as much as love making homemade almond butter, it can be pain,haha
i have been on macadamia nut kick lately ;)
I’ve never made any of my own products like this. but I am feeling very inspired to make some PB now that I see how easy it is!
I am still amazed that I have yet to make my own nut butters. What is wrong with me? :) LoL
I sometimes make home made salsa using my processor…I need to use it more often then I do. I love Cashew butter, but I would have to say Peanut Butter is my all time fav!
I’m loving sunflower seed butter right now…but I go through stages! There’s nothing better than a honeycrisp apple with maple almond butter in the fall. Yum!
I made raw coconut almond butter a few months ago that was soooo delicious. And just yesterday I made sunflower seed butter which turned out pretty awesome as well. You PB looks yummy! :)
For some reason I like storebought better – hummus too. I’m a freak I suppose.
i’m so lazyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Really…..peanuts and oil??? That’s all it takes?? Gosh I almost wish it wasn’t so easy because pb is my addiction and this is going to make it all to easy to feed.
I wonder how easy homemade nutella would be then?
i think it’s awesome you made peanut butter! i always think about doing it myself, but ultimately – as with everything in my life – i get veeeery lazy. and sidetracked by all the pretty jars on the shelves!
I’m like you–I make my own hummus & pasta sauce, plus salad dressing too (with the exception of Goddess dressing!).
I don’t have a food processor, so I think nut butter will have to wait for the future!
Oh, and I love sunflower butter the best these days :)
i just made my own cashew butter! :) i got a food processor a couple weeks ago at my bridal shower & i’ve made almond butter, cashew butter, peanut butter, and pesto with it! :) next up: hummus!!! oh yeah, and banana soft serve!
I make: marinara, hummus, falawesome, and nut butters.
My favoritest nut butter ever is peanut but lately I’ve been loving on homemade chocolate PECAN butter.
I have a random Q about your food processor: is it really loud? I bought one recently to make nut butters (granted, it was cheap), and it is SO LOUD I can’t even be in the kitchen at the same time its working. I think I’ll ask for a nicer one, but I’m not sure I can handle it being super loud!
It’s loud.. but not like a blender loud. More just a whirring sound.
Remember when I went thru that nut-butter making stage of my life? Wow, I think I OD’d b/c I only just made some more last week! (It took me that long to get thru it all despite the fact that I gave away 90% to other people as presents).
Hazelnut butter with roasted hazelnuts from the persian store- we’ll go there when you visit in the fall FOR SURE.
Yes I remember! You make the best. Can’t wait to go to that store!
I cannot wait until my fiance and I register for our wedding. A food processor will most definitely be on the top of my list! That peanut butter looks fabulous! I want to try making my own! :)
It’s hard to believe I owned my food processor for TWO YEARS before I even took it out of the box! What was I thinking? I’ve made my own marina sauce, hummus, nut butter, and bread in the past, but lately, I’ve been uber lazy and have just been buying it from the store! :-/
Favorite nut butter: plain coconut butter…straight up…spoon to mouth!
You just made me feel so much better about my procrastination issues.
I have NEVER had coconut butter. I have a bag of coconut waiting for me to make some.I have had it for a month. Yes, there I am procrastinating again.
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