HM Peanut Butter Help Please

Lillibet_2

Hi All knowing OS Recipe Peeps:hello:

I want to give my dad a HUGE jar of peanut butter for Fathers day:idea: & I would prefer to make my own than buy it.
As far as I can tell the basic recipe is peanuts & peanut oil. Has anyone ever made it? If so, do you know where I can buy peanut oil, how long will the made peanut butter keep for & I don't have a food prcoessor but do have a blender do you think this would be OK to make it?

Thanks;)

comping_cat

Ive never made peanut butter, but have a jar of sun pat in my cupboard!!!! The ingredients are simply 95% roasted peanuts, sugar, E471, salt. If you forget about the additive (its a fatty acid made from glycerine and could be GM) maybe blend the peanuts (smooth or crunchy!!) and add salt and sugar to taste? Im tempted to try that myself!!!!

finc

Hi, feel like I'm following you around

This website has loads of info on peanut butter and has a great recipe. I've made it before as my hubby loves peanut butter but it doesn't keep that long. It's usually eaten up anyway though!

Thistle-down

I have made peanut butter before by chucking a bag of cheap ASDA salted peanuts into my blender. I haven't added any extra oil (the peanuts seem to have enough) or salt as the peanuts are very salty to begin with. It was a bit gritty but okay!

~Lynn

Lillibet_2

Thanks everyone, looks like I shall have to experiment with a small bag of peanuts in the blender instea dof a food processor, but it looks like it is do-able with just peanuts & sunflower oil. I won't be adding salt as my family don't eat it & I can't add sugar as my dad is allergic to it.

I'll report back;)

terrimolo

Hi everyone!
Just discovered this site, first post, so plz be nice!
I'm pretty interested in making my own peanut butter, but haven't got a blender or food processor etc. I've seen a stick blender (do they have a proper name?) that's pretty cheap, but am unsure if it would work, or either have a funny consistancy or end up all over my mum's kitchen wall, she would NOT be best pleased, and I do value my life!

Thanks for any help.

Yikes

Not sure if a stick blender would be powerful enough for making peanut butter, but then, I've never owned one, so that's a completely unsubstantiated opinion!

When you are looking to buy one, maybe see if it comes with a recipe booklet; that should give you an idea of the kinds of things you can expect to do with it. If you see something that looks like it would be as tough as grinding peanuts into peanut butter, you'll probably be okay...

If you do decide to give it a whirl (!), one way you might cut down on any potential mess would be to make it in a container with a lid (a yogurt container or a jar might work well). This is based on the assumption that you can detach either the blade head from the shaft, or the shaft from the motor unit. Cut a hole in the middle of the lid just big enough for the drive shaft to go through, stick the shaft through the hole, and reassemble the unit. The put the lid back on the container or jar, and have at it! The lid will keep all the mess inside the container, and, if you use a clear jar, you will be able to see your progress.

Let us know how it goes, if you do go ahead with it.

HTH!

withabix

You need one with an enclosed nut chopping attachment that fits onto the end of the shaft.

I used to have a Bamix (the original stick blender) with one of those and it did say you could make peanut butter with it.

However, you will find that it is cheaper to buy peanut butter anyway.

Michael_K

Hi terrimolo,

I recently bought a cheap stick blender ( Crown £5 180W ) to see if I could get a batter from whole grains. The gamble failed, it was no use at all for this.

If it's any use, just this Monday 5 June, Lidl GB had a jug blender for £15. It was a pretty good spec, if they had made it across the Irish Sea I would have bought one.

bluemoon_3

I made my own peanut butter once. It took ages, loads of effort, and though it was nice, I decided not to bother with it again. You have to take the 'papery' skin off the peanuts (by hand), roast them, then blend for ages, and even then get much less butter than hoped for.

By all means, give it a try, but I'd suggest taking a look in your nearest health food shop - they usually have 'natural' peanut butter without all the added salt, sugar and fat, if that's your motivation for making your own. You can also buy huge tubs of it just as cheaply as making it yourself.

It might be worthwhile financially making other types of nut butter at home, but for peanut butter I'd advise it's probably not worth the bother.

Lillibet_2

Just to let you know I sucessfully made my dad's fathers day peanut butter in my smoothie maker this afternoon. I used unsalted blanched peanuts & added a splash of sunflower oil once they started to get to the gloopy phase, I found by adding it too soon it stopped the nuts getting crushed any more & it ended up way too crunchy. I gave in & added just a small pinch of salt as it was a bit bland, but I mean the very tip of a teaspoon, not much! It is now reposing in my fridge in a very posh cork lid jar (charity shop, 50p:D). Total cost, £2.40:D Might make a loaf of posh bread to go with it.