Nuts for Pea-Nuts!

My blog will finally be living up to its name with my first food entry! My first food to conquer: Peanut Butter!

A couple days ago, during a very relaxing bubble bath, a question popped into my head; I love cooking, i have so much free time now that it is summer, i know that so much packaged foods filled with preservatives are so bad for you, so why not make most of my food homemade? Now, I am not going to the extreme with this idea, but the food items that are in my cooking reach I will try to make myself.

First order up for business- Peanut Butter! It has always sorta weirded me out that peanut butter seems to last forever in your pantry. Doesn't that seem a bit unnatural? I was watching the food network the other day and saw Alton Brown make some of his own peanut butter so I thought I would give his recipe a try. I read it over again on the food network website but decided to make some changes of my own (here is the original recipe) I wanted mine a bit sweeter so i added some extra honey and I thought it turned out really yummy.

Now let me take you on my nutty journey...

Homemade Peanut Butter



Ingredients

~1lb (16 ounces) Planters Unsalted Dry Roasted Peanuts
~1 teaspoon salt
~1 3/4 teaspoons honey
~1 1/2 tablespoons peanut oil



Step One-
Put the peanuts, salt, and honey in a bowl of the mixer.



Step Two-
Process for one minute. Then scrape down the sides of the bowl.



Step Three-
Put back on the lid and slowly drizzle in the peanut oil while mixing for one and a half to two minutes. (This is also where I added about another tablespoon of honey to make it more sweet but whether or not you like it salty or sweet you could add more or less) Store in an air tight container (I just used the container that held the peanuts) and it should last about two months in the fridge.

Enjoy!