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Peanut Butter Making 101

September 18, 2011 By Jennifer @ PB and P Design 18 Comments

Happy Sunday to you!  But before I begin let me introduce you to the 2nd man of the house.  His name is Zack!  He is a 16 cup Cusinart Food  Processor.  I love him!  I bought him two weeks ago from Williams and Sonoma.  He was a birthday gift, and what a gift he is!  He has a retractable cord, lots of blades and he makes salsa, hummus, bread and so much more.  He came with a 1 1/2 hour DVD, but I haven’t watched it yet.  I haven’t made anything in it, except for one thing.  Can you guess?  Well let me tell you he makes my favorite thing go allot quicker so I get it faster.  He’s perfect!

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now that you met Zack, I’m sure you’ll be seeing him in the future. Now that one thing that I love so much? Well, after all your on my Peanut Butter and Peppers blog and you know the first part of my name.  Peanut Butter!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am giving you my secret to what I think is the best Peanut Butter ever!  Here are the ingredients.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretty simple.  If you don’t have Cinnamon Apple Syrup, regular Maple Syrup will do.  Here are the Honey Roasted Peanuts in the food processor, I mean Zack!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Process, until a lump forms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the lump forms, you know that it’s going to smooth out soon.  That’s when you add your ingredients.  Oh, when you process, you may have to push the PB down off the sides of your food processor.  Zack didn’t need to do that, but my last food processor I had, I had to do that about half a dozen times, if not more.

This is what it looks like before you add your ingredients.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now the added ingredients.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Bad Babies know it’s almost done!  They do this every time I make Peanut Butter.  I don’t know how they know, but they do.  Yes, I give them a taste!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s all done.  The whole process takes about 10 minutes.  Peanuts are a softer nut and doesn’t take to long.  Other nuts like Almonds takes a little longer, but I’ll discuss that when I make Almond Nut Butter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can process the nuts, until it’s the consistency you like.  Some people like it firmer, I like it drippy!  ready for the final product?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yummy, drippy Cinnamon Apple Peanut Butter.  OMG!  Pure heaven!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mmmmm, drizzled on apples.You know you want some.  You’ll have to make your own, because your not getting mine!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A perfect match.  Ready for the recipe?

Cinnamon Apple Peanut Butter
 
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Prep time
1 min
Total time
11 mins
 
A creamy drippy homemade nut butter made with apple cinnamon maple syrup.
Serves: 2 Cups
Ingredients
  • 4 cups Honey Roasted Peanuts (I use Trader Joe's)
  • 1 Tbsp. Cinnamon Apple Syrup or Maple Syrup (I bought my syrup from Sur La table)
  • 1 Tsp. vanilla extract
  • ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Put all your nuts into a food processor. Process until almost creamy. Scrape down the sides of the processor when needed.
  2. Put your ingredients in after the lump forms. Process until drippy. If it doesn't taste sweet enough or cinnamony enough, just add more of your ingredients. The process time is about 10 minutes total.
Notes
Calories: 86.7, Total fat: 6.5 grams, Saturated fat: 1gram, Polyunsaturated fat: 1.3 grams, Monounsaturated fat: 3.5 grams, Cholesterol: 0, Sodium: 62.8 mg, Potassium: .4grams, Carbs: 4.9, Fiber: 1 grams, Sugar 2.7 grams, Protein: 2.5grams

Notes:

If you have a 7 cup or 12 cup food process, split this recipe in half. I have put to many nuts in my processor before and burned it up. So only do 1 - 11/2 cups of peanuts at a time. Trust me on that one!

Store your nut butter in the cupboard in an air tight container. After about two weeks, move to the fridge. If the natural oils form on top, just mix it in, that's normal when you make any kind of nut butter.

Also, if your really impatient, you can add a pinch of canola oil to help speed the process, but I don't really care to do that, then it seems to oily.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 tbsp.
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Ok, that is it!  Simple, quick and delicious.  Now you can add your Peanut Butter to hundreds of things!  Add it to oatmeal, yogurt, ice cream, make a PB&J, dip apples in it, drizzle on all fruits like banana’s, dip pretzels, add it to smoothies, take a mouth full any time and make cookies, cakes, pies and more.  Enjoy your creation.  It’s so fun and so cool to see your nuts turn into a beautiful tasty nut butter!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

People are afraid of Peanut Butter because of the fat, but it’s good fat and you shouldn’t be afraid.  The recommended amount of good fat per day is about 2 tablespoons.

I got this information from:  peanut-butter.org

Most of the fats contained are monounsaturated, and have been shown to improve the cholesterol profile by lowering “bad” LDL cholesterol.
This effect is compounded by peanut butter containing polyunsaturated fats, which in turn help raising the “good” HDL cholesterol; the synergistic effect makes this spread a very good cholesterol regulator.

In a randomized, cross-over, double-blind study involving 22 subjects, a high monounsaturated diet that emphasized peanuts and peanut butter decreased the risk of cardiovascular diseases by 21% compared to the average American diet.

Peanut butter contains fairly high quantities of dietary fiber, amounting to about 8%, which again helps in regulating both blood cholesterol and blood sugar levels.

Dietary fiber has also been shown to significantly reduce the risk of colo-rectal cancer (which is among the most common causes of death by cancer in civilized countries) and atherosclerosis (another common disease in the U.S. and Europe).

Proteins are present in high amounts (about 24% in weight), together with very important micro-nutrients such as Vitamin E, Vitamin B3 and large amounts of beneficial minerals such as iron, magnesium, potassium, copper and calcium.

Other benefits of Peanut Butter, it helps prevent Gallstones and Alzheimers!

Now you can have your Peanut Butter guilt free!

If your allergic to peanuts, try sunflower seed nut butter.  I never made it, but I have tasted it and it’s good.  I’ll make some in the future to see how it goes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy!

 

Filed Under: Dips and Spreads, Peanut Butter Tagged With: apples, nuts, peanut butter, snack, treat, Zack

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Comments

  1. Cristina @ An Organic Wife says

    March 1, 2012 at 10:07 AM

    Food processors ARE great aren’t they? I only got one recently, for Christmas, and I am wondering HOW I EVER LIVED WITHOUT IT.

    Reply
  2. Kristina Raines says

    April 1, 2012 at 6:04 AM

    Hi there! I just found your blog and totally fell in love with it! I have a question about the cinnamon apple peanut butter.
    After you make it do you have to store it for 2 weeks before you can eat it? Or can you use it right away? just store air tight for 2 wks then move to the refrigerator? I’m sorry, I’m a rookie in the kitchen! Also is it 86 calories per tablespoon?
    Thank you so much

    Reply
    • Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers says

      April 1, 2012 at 6:32 AM

      Hi, I eat my peanut butter right away! Who could control there selves? Licking the bowl is the best part! I must go through a jar a week.

      For safety reasons you should store your peanut butter in the refrigerator, but I don’t and I never got sick and I’m still around. I don’t seal it in an airtight container, I have glass pyrex bowls with lids or I use my mason jars. Don’t try sealing it, or it will ruin your peanut butter. If your using flax seed in the peanut butter than refrigerate for sure, but otherwise in my personal opinion I wouldn’t recommend it.

      Yes 86 calories a tablespoon. This is my favorite peanut butter I made two batches yesterday, and I used regular maple syrup. Good luck and let me know what you think.

      Reply
      • Kristina says

        April 3, 2012 at 7:35 PM

        O-M-G!! I made your peanut butter today and it’s soooo good! I can’t believe it’s 87 calories a Tablespoon!!! I don’t have a food processor and tried to make it in my blender and that didn’t work so great, so I guess I need to go shopping! Thank you so much:)

        Reply
        • Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers says

          April 3, 2012 at 7:44 PM

          I bought a gigantic food processor just to make peanut butter. lol My Husband thought I was crazy, but it’s so handy. I never tried to make PB in a blender. I’m glad you liked it! Out of all the things I make, the one thing I always go back to is the peanut butter. I really think homemade is so much better than store bought!

          Reply
  3. Nina says

    January 2, 2013 at 11:11 AM

    I made this the other day and OMG I absolutely LOVE it! I didn’t have cinnamon apple syrup so just used maple syrup I still want to try it with the cinnamon apple syrup though so I can see the difference. Did I mention that I absolutely love this stuff and it was my first time ever making peanut butter I used my vitamix blender and it came out perfect!!!! Thank you sooooo much for sharing!

    Reply
    • Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers says

      January 2, 2013 at 6:47 PM

      I LOVE homemade peanut butter! There is nothing like it! I normally make this with maple syrup too!! I love it that way! Matter in fact I need to make some more! So glad you like it!!!

      Reply
  4. Nina Jackson says

    February 20, 2013 at 2:33 PM

    Hey Jennifer,

    When you use the Trader Joe’s honey roasted peanuts do you measure out 4 cups or do you just use the whole package? And if so do you use 1 package or 2? When you use the Target tub of nuts to make nut butters like almonds for instance do you use a measuring cup to measure out 2 or 4 cups? Thanks again for everything you do.

    Reply
    • Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers says

      February 20, 2013 at 3:19 PM

      Hi Nina,

      I measure out my nuts I use. For Trader Joe’s it’s half a bag of Honey Roasted Nuts. I hope this helps. Let me know if you make the nut butter! Have a great day!

      Reply
  5. RCS says

    May 15, 2014 at 9:55 AM

    Have you ever made this all natural — meaning, raw peanuts with no added sugar (i.e. maple syrup). I’m thinking of trying this with just the peanuts and cinnamon. Or perhaps Walden Farms sugar free syrup.

    Reply
    • Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers says

      May 15, 2014 at 5:44 PM

      It will be good with peanuts and cinnamon. you don’t need the sugar. I”m just a fan of maple syrup.

      Reply
  6. June says

    February 3, 2015 at 1:10 PM

    I wish I had a Zack. My birthday is coming up, will hint to my hubby.

    Reply
    • Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers says

      February 3, 2015 at 3:50 PM

      Ha ha! I was laughing! I love my Zack! I use him all of the time. I hope you get it! Happy Early Birthday!

      Reply

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