How to Make Nut Butter

[Midnight Brew]

Very simple from start to finish about 15 minutes is required to make some home made nut butter. Recently had jaw surgery to correct a reversed horizontal under bite and still recovering with plenty of time off work and no eating yet or consumption of my beloved ale. So I made three nut butters this morning because I felt like something fat and sweet. It's a very cheap and quick way to make your own nut butter and a world of nuts to experiment with for different flavours. I buy my nuts at markets which make it a lot cheaper.


What you need:
Food processor (to hold a decent amount of nuts)
Spatula
Cake or bread pan (round or square)
Saucepan (For melting coconut oil)
Jars

Peanut butter:
300g or 2 cups of unsalted peanuts
1/2 teaspoon of sea salt
2 teaspoons of honey
2 teaspoons of coconut oil

Almond/Peanut butter:
150g Almonds
150g peanuts
1/2 teaspoon of sea salt
2 teaspoons of honey
2 teaspoons of coconut oil (possibly more depending on mix)

Cacao/Peanut butter:
300g Peanuts
1/2 cup of cacao nibs (can use powder of cocoa powder but I like the intense flavour)
1/2 teaspoon of sea salt
1.5 cups of raw sugar
2 teaspoons of coconut oil (possibly more depending on mix)

Process:
1. Heat oven to 180C.
2. Add nuts to pan and place in oven for 3 minutes
3. Take out, shake around and place back in oven for 4-5 minutes
4. Take out of oven and let cool for 5 minutes
5. After cooled add nuts to food processor and process for a minute.
6. Scrape down any nuts from side and process for a further 2 minutes or until smooth.
7. Scrape down side again and add salt and honey and process for another 2 minutes.
8. Check consistency and add coconut oil if needed. (Melt the coconut oil in a saucepan first)
9. Once you are happy with the consistency, scoop out and into some clean jars.
10. Cleanup and enjoy.


I place my jars in the fridge to get it back to a smooth state as the coconut oil returns to a cooler temperature. You can store in cupboard too just depends how you like consistency.

You can use any salt you like and any oil you like but I find coconut oil works best for me. You can also skip the roasting stage if you buy roasted peanuts but I like the process of roasting.

 

[Airgead]

Been making peanut butter for years. I have a screw press juicer that if you change one little gizmo for another little gizmo changes it froma juicer to a producer of nut butters. I just pour a kilo of peanuts down the spout and out comes peanut butter.

i do find that using a nut oil to soften it works better. I use peanut oil (obviously) or maccadamia oil.

If you use salted peanuts you don't need to add any extra salt and i find that the salt level in the PB is just right.

And no honey. Sweet peanut butter... whatever next!

 

[mr_wibble]

Woah ... that's awesome.

Where do you get cacao from normally - somewhere like here?
Pretty pricey, but I guess 1kg is quite a lot.

 

[Midnight Brew]

Local heath food shop is where I got mine, I think I paid about $25 for 500g. Think it was from a GoVita shop and 1kg is a lot but it does have its uses.

Airgead, do you only make peanut butter or do you make other butters too?

 

[Airgead]

Just the peanut for now. I should get adventurous but peanut butter is so good...