Peanut butter recipes?

earthmother

My mum's given me a virtually full jar of peanut butter with a use by of this month.

We won't use it up by then as we already have a jar open, and there's only eldest son who likes it 'neat'.

Any ideas for recipes I could use it in?

newleaf

Mr newleaf makes lovely peanut butter ice cream.....mmmmmm

recovering_spendaholic

Peanut butter ice cream is lovely! I just mix about half a jar with a 500ml tub of ice cream and then put it back in to the freezer to set again. I think you can make it yourself in an ice cream maker but I don't have that recipe sorry. I also like peanut butter cookies - they are just 6oz flour, 3oz butter, 2oz peanut butter and 2 oz sugar - you just mix it all up and bake little balls of it on a baking sheet. Or you can make peanut butter millionaire shortbread - that is just shortbread 6oz flour, 4oz butter 2oz sugar mixed together and baked in a tin and then topped with neat peanut butter and put in fridge to set and then topped with melted chocolate and left to harden again. I can feel my hips expanding as I type....

comping_cat

Peanut butter cookies

115g softened butter
115g crunchy peanut butter (i have used smooth but crunchy is better)
115g caster sugar
115g light muscovado sugar (i use brown)
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
85g plain flour
1/2 tsp bicarb
1/2 tsp baking powder
115g rolled oats.

Place spoonfulls of mixture onto a baking tray, spaced apart.
180 C for about 12 minutes.

metherer

In a similar vein, does anyone have a recipe to make peanut butter yourself?
I keep looking at the jars and marvelling at all the rubbish they cram in.

Metherer
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honey28

i once made peanut butter biscuits but cannot find the recipe (not much help am I lol) I think the peanut butter was melted with butter and mixed through crushed digestive biscuits, pressed into a greaseproof tin and covered with melted chocolate. There may have been another ingredient, syrup perhaps. Sorry to be vague but I do recall they were lovely!!

earthmother

Thank you, those recipes sounds lovely - I shall have to get the family to decide which they want to try first

Rachie_B

make a smoothie with it,banana,peanut butter and milk and / or yogurt with a few ice cubes ,my son loves it !

peanut butter brownies / flapjacks / cookies


Crunchy Peanut Butter Bars

Category - Puddings and Baking

4 tbsp Peanut butter

4 tbsp Clear Honey

100g Porridge Oats

50g Sultanas

1 tbsp stoneground wholemeal flour



Put peanut butter and honey into a saucepan and heat gently until melted.

Add oats, sultanas and flour. Stir until thoroughly mixed, with a consistency of crumbs.

Pour mixture into a cake tin (lined with greaseproof paper) and press flat with the back of a spoon.

Bake in a preheated oven, at 190C/375F Fan 170C Gas mark 5 for 10-15 minutes.

Leave in tin until cool. Cut into bars and remove from tin.

Store in tupperware to maintain freshness.

Rachie_B

Peanut Butter Cookies
Makes approx. 20 biscuits

Ingredients:

50g/2oz Sugar
50g/2oz Dark Brown Sugar
50g/2oz Butter
1 Small Egg
100g/4oz Crunchy Peanut Butter
1/4 teasp Salt
1/4 teasp Bicarbonate of Soda
75g/3oz Plain Flour
1/4 teasp Vanilla Essence

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180C, 350F, Gas mark 4 and lightly grease 2-3 baking sheets.

2. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugars until smooth then beat in the egg, peanut butter, salt and bicarbonate of soda.

3. Add the Vanilla essence and flour and mix well. Roll the dough into small balls and place well space apart, on the baking sheets and flatten each one with a fork. Bake in the oven 12-15 minutes until golden brown on top and slightly browned around the edges.

Rachie_B

Peanut Butter Brownies

INGREDIENTS:
130 g peanut butter
2 eggs
5 ml vanilla extract
220 g packed brown sugar
55 g butter, softened
85 g all-purpose flour
5 g baking powder
2 g salt
75 g salted peanuts, chopped

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together the peanut butter and butter. Add the brown sugar, vanilla and eggs and beat until light and fluffy. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Add to the butter mixture and mix until well blended. Stir in the peanuts.
Spread batter evenly into pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Let cool on wire rack and cut into 2-inch squares.

Rachie_B

BUZZY BEES

These tasty bees are great fun and they are just the right size for little children. They are packed full of nutritious ingredients and children will enjoy making these themselves because they are quick and easy to prepare and need no cooking.

Ingredients:

* 60ml (4 tbsp) smooth peanut butter
* 15ml (1 tbsp) honey
* 2 tablespoons dried skimmed milk powder
* 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
* 1 Weetabix, crushed

Decoration
* 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
* flaked almonds
* 10 currants

Method:
1.Mix together the peanut butter and honey then blend in the remaining ingredients.

2. Form heaped teaspoons of the mixture into oval shapes to look like bees.

3. Dip a toothpick into the cocoa powder and press gently on to the bees' bodies to form strips.

4. Press flaked almond wings into the sides of the bee.

5. Cut the currants in half, roll between your finger and thumb to form tiny balls and arrange them on the bees to look like eyes. The bees can be stored in the fridge for several days.

Information:
• Makes 10 Bees