Peanut butter (thelemmy.club)
submitted 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by to c/cooking@lemmy.world
 

I made dark roasted crunchy peanut butter with Achill Island sea salt tonight. Blend in the back to show that I didn't just buy peanut butter and call it homemade.

Edit: Thought maybe I'd make instructions a little clearer:

Preheat oven to 180C.

Lay 1kg of peanuts on as many baking trays to have them all in a single layer. Roast. Check and flip every 10 minutes for about 30-40 minutes or less to desired darkness. Make sure to pick out the ones that are roasting faster than the others or they will burn and it will ruin your peanut butter! Or you can pick them out before blending.

Remove from oven, let cool for at least 10 minutes.

Chuck roasted peanuts in food processor/blender (reserve about 200g for crunchy peanut butter) and watch the magic happen. It will go from full size peanuts to a crumble that sticks to the sides (use a spatula to scrape down), and then it's start to get smooth.

Add about 2 tsp (or to taste, do 1/2 tsp at a time until desired saltiness) of flaked sea salt, blend. Add the reserve peanuts and blend to desired crunchiness.

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Edit: I guess it's technically not cooking, but I wasn't sure where else to share this... Recipe and all.

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[–] 13 points 18 hours ago (1 child)

That is how you make "natural" peanut butter. The oils will separate and need to be mixed with each use. A lot of store bought peanut butter also include emulsifiers to keep the oil from separating, and often sugar or other sweeteners.

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  • [–] 6 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

    You can put it in the fridge to counteract this and in my experience it remains spreadable, unlike preblended natural pb I sometimes buy. This might have to do with how much oil is extracted from the nuts in each process, however, so YMMV.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 hours ago

    I have never had issues with pre-blended PB not spreading. You just mix the oil separation back in and it spreads fine. You don't need to refrigerate it; mixing it before use is not much labour.

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