Homemade Peanut Butter

It seemed a little ridiculous to add the label "recipe" to this post because it is so easy.  Seriously, why do I even buy peanut butter?  I used to purchase peanut butters like Jif because I could often buy them on sale.  Then, we decided to switch to a more natural peanut butter.  Enter, the Sexy Teddy brand.  Has anyone seen this brand?  Colleagues call it "Sexy Teddy" because of the naked teddy bear in the somewhat seductive pose (well as seductive as an illustrated teddy bear on an all natural peanut butter jar can get).

Still, for almost $5 a jar it seems a little outrageous compared to how easy it was to make my own.  Two pieces of advice when making your own:

#1 Check the ingredients in your peanuts.  If you do not want added sugar, avoid the honey roasted kind.  Instead, you can add sweetness later with real honey.

#2  Be patient when the peanuts are in the food processor.  They go through a few stages- powder, clumpy, dough ball, smooth (yes, these are the official terms for the stages of PB making).  It took us about 2 minutes to get a smooth texture.  (We could have added some more towards the end to get a "chunky" peanut butter.)  Some recipes call for peanut oil to make it smooth, but I don't see the point in adding oil if it achieves this texture on its own.

Though our homemade peanut butter isn't as sexy as the store bought kind, it passed the Husband taste test with a breezy, "I would eat that."

Enjoy!