make my own peanut butter

Made some last night! I used the wet/dry grinder again and added a small amount of walnut oil, no salt. It was good, but not as good as the peanut butter. I think this may have been because the cashews I bought weren’t roasted whereas the peanuts were. Next time I might roast the cashews first but not quite sure how to do that – what temperature/how long – does anyone have any ideas?

everyone’s been waiting with bated breath for me to report back on the first experiment!

After reading denises’s advice that making pb can be hard on a food processor, I decided to use my wet and dry grinder (a fantastic gadget, which only electrocutes me occasionally – only joking! – the reviews on Amazon don’t do it justice). I used natural roasted peanuts which cost less than a quid for a 250g bag. I don’t have any kitchen scales at the moment so put an estimated 50g of peanuts in, added a little drizzle of walnut oil as I had been unable to find peanut oil, and a pinch of sea salt.

Several short bursts later the stuff had turned into a paste and I scooped it out into a jar with a spatula and made another batch, which turned out the same.

I’ve just eaten it and can report that I over-salted it, but otherwise it was very nice, with a light, nutty taste. The commercial stuff is very densely packed into the jar, whereas this wasn’t, which meant the 100g paste (approx) filled over half a jar and gave me the impression that I was eating more than I really was, always a good thing for a greedy pussycat like me.

So, a great success! I shall try it again later in the week, with less salt. Stay tuned for next week: cashew nut butter!

Went to my local supermarket today and found that they are no longer selling the variety of peanut butter which like – a crunchy one with no added palm oil. Palm oil is quite evil e.g. it destroys the habitat of the orang-utan, so I’m not prepared to buy peanut butter with it in and shall be writing a stroppy letter to said supermarket expressing my displeasure!

Clearly the time has come to experiment with making my own peanut butter. Am looking forward to doing this tomorrow. As far as I can see you just whiz up peanuts in a food processor and add a little oil and salt as required. Piece of cake!