Wednesday, February 27, 2013

How to make Peanut Butter? | Homemade Crunchy Peanut Butter


Okay, here are some facts - [1] Peanut butter is super simple to make at home [2] Homemade peanut butter is way healthier than the shop bought ones [3] You need just 3 basic ingredients - peanuts, oil and honey - to make your own peanut butter at home... and most importantly [4] Peanut butter tastes simply YUM! 

So aren't these reasons enough for you to hop right over to your kitchen and make your own batch of peanutty yumness?  :) 



Peanut butter is commonly available in two variations - creamy and crunchy. My personally favourite is the one with some crunch. Those crunchy little bits of peanuts hidden away in the creamy butter is just the way I like mine. I am sharing the crunchy version here. Just do away with the crunch part, if you like yours simple and creamy. Alrighty, I am not holding you back anymore... lets jump right into the recipe :)



Makes: 1 small bottle
Adapted from: Flavours



Ingredients:
Peanuts - 1 cup
Oil - 1 tbsp
Honey - 1 tbsp (as sweet as you like it)


Method:


  • Dry roast the peanuts on a pan for a few minutes until they turn mildly brownish.
  • Take off the stove and allow it to completely cool.


  • If you like your peanut butter crunchy with a bits of peanuts in it, keep aside a little bit of roasted whole peanuts for adding in later. Transfer the remaining peanuts into a mixer and whizz for a few seconds until the peanuts are powdered.
  • If you like your peanut butter smooth and creamy, weell, add in the entire lot into the mixer grinder and blend to a fine powder.
  • Now add in oil and blend again. The texture of the mixture begins to thicken as the peanut butter takes shape.
  • Add in honey and blend again. The peanut butter begins to thicken as the oil form the peanuts also begin to ooze out.




  • Now, transfer the peanut butter onto a bowl.
  • In a mortar, crush the few peanuts that you had kept aside .
  • Toss these into the bowl and mix well into the butter.




  • Your crunchy peanut butter is ready to be yummed up! :)

Notes:
  • The quantity of oil required is purely dependent on the variety of peanuts being used. 
  • The addition of honey is optional. If you do not want it sweet, you can do away with the honey. 
  • Adding honey thickens the mixture a little. If more honey is added, you may need to add in more oil too.
  • Store it in an air-tight container and refrigerate. It lasts for a few weeks (provided you manage to keep your hands off the jar the day you made them! :) )



We enjoyed it with simple homemade whole wheat bread... ah bliss! :) Recipe for basic whole wheat bread coming soon, stay tuned! :)

16 comments:

  1. very yumm n am going to make as soon as possible...

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  2. wow well made nandita.. homemade always rocks :)

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  3. Looks lovely with a little crunchy nuts inbetween :) I am loving your knife now... think i will steel it when I return to India :P

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  4. Home made is always the best.. Looks delicious

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  5. super delicious....healthy butter...:)

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  6. I love peanut butter and you are right Nandita, it tastes heaven with home made bread. Tasty and healthy substitution for regular butter.
    Feel like scooping out a spoonful from your bottle of peanut butter!

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  7. dear i bought peanuts to make my own peanut butter as my husband loves it but yet to make....this looks awesome...

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  8. I seriously want to buy peanuts and start with the right away. Never knew it was that easy. Thanks heaps for sharing

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  9. i love peanut butter...what can be more precious than homemade....fst time here..hapi to follow u..glad if u do the same..

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    Meena

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  11. wow lovely post & thanks for sharing..first time here..following you..do visit my blog.

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  12. Home made stuffs are great...Peanut butter looks just perfect for my liking..

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  13. I'm sooo happy to see this post... it's awesome isn't it? Looking forward to ur bread post... :)

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