Yesterday, I was all set.
I had my food processor out.
I had my dry roasted, unsalted peanuts.
I had a righteous indignation at the preservatives in my store-bought peanut butter paired with an astonishment of the price of natural peanut butter.
I turn the food processor on.
I pour the peanuts in.
Whining and grinding result, and eventually the peanuts begin to lose their recognizable shape.
This is where I lost it.
Did you know, if you put peanuts into a food processor, you get... ground peanuts?
NOT peanut butter? Nope. You get peanut dust. WHY that surprised me, I don't know. But it did.
I read the label on my sugar-laden peanut butter, and notice the key ingredients.
I pour in sesame oil, very, very slowly. About 1-2 tbsp for a whole jar of peanuts.
Finally, I had peanut butter.
However, do you know what peanuts + sesame oil taste like? Bland nuts. Yuck.
I add 2 tbsp brown sugar and 1tsp of salt.
How 'bout now? Perfect.
I throw in a small handful of peanuts at the end, just to get that crunchy texture... and Voila!
I made my own all-natural peanut butter with HALF the salt and MORE THAN HALF the saturated fat for MORE THAN HALF the cost of buying it at Whole Foods.
I was stinkin' proud of myself yesterday. All-Natural peanut butter just tastes better. Less like candy, more like nuts. Fabulous.
3 comments:
I love natural peanut butter too and was so happy to find it cheap at Costco.
I really like the taste of natural peanut butter too, but hate the price. I was very happy to find it cheap at Costco!
Fry's has a store brand that is less than 2.50 a jar, and it is just salt, oil and peanuts too.. in case you don't feel like cleaning the food processor next time ;)
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