Ingredients:
-peanuts (I used raw, they were on sale. The roasted salted are better for this I think)
-coconut oil (I'll melt it next time, had to add grape seed oil to get the right consistency)
-honey
Directions:
-Place peanuts in blender, or food processor (I have a blendtec which works great, not sure how well a regular blender would work)
-Pulse them
-Add oil to get a more peanut buttery consistency
-Add honey, but only after you get the right consistency
Peanuts
Coconut oil, since it wasn't melted I did end up having to add some grape seed oil.
Almost there!
Add the honey. We're lucky hubby's friend is a bee keeper and gave us this awesome, raw, unfiltered, organic honey!
See how creamy the peanut butter is when I added the honey?
Picked up this jar from Sprouts for $2. I filled this jar to the tippy top, and what was left over was exactly what I needed to make my granola bars. Happy coincidence!
The first time I made this I added the honey at the beginning and everything was just all sticky and didn't ever get creamy :( Don't get me wrong, we ate it any way, but if you want it nice and creamy do the honey last.
That's it!!! Easy peasy lemon squeezy! Now, I just need to learn how to make my own jam. If you have a recipe that you like pass it on please.
*I used this peanut butter to make the best granola bars ever!
This was really good people, you should all try it
ReplyDeleteA wonderful friend taught me how to make jam a few years ago while I was living in UT. Our back yard had a plum and apple tree that would rotate years of plenty. One year I think we estimated we used 50 lbs of plums. It was awesome having our own fruit trees! I miss it. Our final home WILL have fruit trees! Come to think of it, we finished up the last of the plum jam just last Nov. Kristen and I have pictures of the two of us super prego, barefoot, and working in the kitchen. It's so cliche it's hilarious. Making jam is so much easier than I thought. She simply buys the Certo (I think that's right) packet and follows the directions on the insert. I'm trying to remember all we did aside from follow direction. :/ I know instead of chopping the fruit we pulsed it in my Vitamix. That made the work so much faster!
ReplyDeleteI picked up this book too, for when I get to back to the States and settled....
http://www.amazon.com/Ball-Blue-Book-Guide-Preserving/dp/0972753702/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1359765616&sr=8-5&keywords=ball+canning
nice! my grandma and great grandma used to make it when i was little and my step mom and da make it cause they have a plum tree. and she's told me it's not that hard, i'm just being lazy i suppose.
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