How to Make Homemade Peanut Butter

Crunchy and salty or smooth and creamy, peanut butter is always a winner. It’s melt-in-your-mouth sweetness is perfect paired with jelly, draped in chocolate, or even just eaten by the spoonful. And for peanut butter lovers everywhere, here’s a bit of news that should make your day: it’s shockingly easy to make at home too! All you need is a food processor, a container to hold your finished product in, and a handful of ingredients!

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups of salted peanuts
4 tablespoons of vegetable oil (or to taste)
2 tablespoons of raw sugar or honey (or to taste)

Directions

Pour your peanuts into the processor and grind them to a fine texture.
Add your oil and continue processing until the mixture is fully blended.
Drizzle in your honey and continue processing.
Scoop out your mixture into a jar and store it in the refrigerator to let it set! If you keep it airtight in the fridge, it should last up to two months.

Tips and Tricks

For crunchier peanut butter, you can process the peanuts less finely, or add in crushed peanuts afterward.
Experiment with your ingredients! Try roasting your own unsalted nuts and adding salt to the mixture later, or using honey-roasted nuts instead of salted. You can also use 1/2 a teaspoon of sugar instead of honey for a different kind of sweetness!
If your peanut butter turns out a little too hard, just add a little more oil and mix it up again until it’s the texture you want.