How To Make Peanut Butter

Easy recipe for natural, homemade peanut butter, and more nut butter recipe ideas. These nut butter recipes are perfect for snacking or or as homemade edible gifts. 

Christmas is next week, so I wanted to share with you an easy last-mute homemade gift idea. I absolutely love making my own nut butters at home. From homemade peanut butter to homemade nutella, making your own nut butter couldn't be easier. Though we love homemade peanut butter, almond butter, and nutella for snacking, they also make the cutest, most delicious gifts when packaged in mini canning jars. This week instead of making one batch of homemade peanut or almond butter, I made three varieties of nut butter. I made you a little video to show just how simple and gorgeous these nut butters are. You can watch here or over on my YouTube channel. If you like these little cooking videos, be sure to subscribe to my channel for updates and let me know if there's anything you'd like to see in the future. 

Ever since I tried the freshly ground peanut butter and almond butter from our local natural foods store, I've been hooked! It's so tasty, but it's also quite expensive. I realized I could make peanut butter at home for less money. Homemade peanut butter is so quick and easy I feel like there's really no excuse not to make it myself. All you need to make peanut butter at home is one ingredient! Peanuts! I use roasted peanuts and add a pinch of Himalayan pink salt. If I'm feeling extra decadent, I'll drizzle in a splash of maple syrup. Lately I've noticed that many brands of peanut butter, even the organic brands, have added palm oil and sugar. Making peanut butter at home means I can make a pure peanut butter without any additives. Check out how creamy that peanut butter is in the image above! I didn't add any oils to it, it's just peanuts blended in my Vitamix. My six year old said this about our homemade peanut butter: "It's so much better than from the store! I love how it's so smooth."

Get the recipe for homemade nutella here! 

If you're giving these nut butters as gifts for the holidays, like I am, I recommend packaging each flavor in a small canning jar. Place the three jars in a small basket and include some "dippers" such as pretzels and apples. See the video for more!

How to make peanut butter

Peanut Butter Recipe

By yummy mummy kitchen
Published 12/19/2016

How to make delicious, natural, homemade peanut butter.

Ingredients

• 16 oz. roasted peanuts
• pinch of Himalayan salt (optional)

Instructions

1. Place the peanuts in a blender or bowl of a food processor. Pulse until the nuts are coarsely chopped, then turn the blender higher and continue to blend until nuts have turned into peanut butter. Blend longer for smooth peanut butter, and shorter for chunky. Taste and add salt to taste if desired. Transfer to a jar or storage container.
2. Store in the refrigerator. 

Yield: makes about 1 1/2 cups
Prep Time: 7 mins.

Total time: 7 mins.
Tags: snacks, peanut butter, nut butter, blender recipe

Cinnamon Almond Butter 

Ingredients 

• 16 oz. roasted almonds 
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup 

Instructions

1. Blend all ingredients in a blender or food processor until smooth.