Who knew making peanut butter was so easy? Certainly not me. With the recent conviction to stop eating sugar (as much as possible) for the sake of our teeth, I decided to try making some homemade peanut butter, all natural, no sugar. It was one of the easiest things I could have made; I wonder why I didn't try this before.
First, I bought some peanuts:
First, I bought some peanuts:
Then, I put two cups of peanuts into the food processor along with 1/2 a teaspoon of salt:
Finally, I hit the process button. I used a high setting at first and moved to a low setting later. After about a minute, the peanuts were in small pieces. About a minute or two later, they started coming together into a paste. I left ours kind of chunky. It was great on bananas and apples for dinner!