Homemade Peanut Butter

5 from 5 votes

This homemade peanut butter is so much tastier and healthier than store-bought peanut butter, and it comes together in less than 10 minutes!

Prep Time10 mins

Total Time10 mins

Course: Base Foods

Cuisine: American

Keyword: homemade peanut butter

Servings: tablespoons

Calories: 90kcal

Author: The Panicked Foodie

Ingredients

1 cup shelled, unsalted, and dry roasted peanuts
1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt
2 teaspoons honey
1 teaspoon extra light olive oil

Instructions

Put peanuts into a blender and pulse a few times until coarsely chopped. If you want to make chunky peanut butter, measure out 1/4 cup chopped peanuts and set aside.
Run your blender continuously for 30-60s. Stop the blender, open the lid, and scrape down the sides with a spoon. At this point, your peanut butter will resemble couscous.
Run your blender continuously for 30-60s. Stop the blender, open the lid, and scrape down the sides with a spoon. At this point, your peanut butter will start clumping together.
Run your blender continuously for 30-60s. Stop the blender, open the lid, and scrape down the sides with a spoon. At this point, your peanut butter will look thick and glossy.
Add in any extras like sweetener, salt, oils, cocoa powder, etc. Run your blender continuously for 1-2 minutes, or until the peanut butter is smooth and spreadable.

Notes

I made this peanut butter using a magic bullet which I wouldn't recommend. While it can be done, it's easiest to do this in a real blender or food processor.

Nutrition