Once you’ve tasted this homemade One Ingredient Crunchy Peanut Butter I don’t think you’ll want to buy it from a shop ever again! It’s so easy to make, plus being additive free it’s very healthy too!
Today’s recipe for One Ingredient Crunchy Peanut Butter came about because the amount of peanut butter my family are going through has become unsustainable on my purse! No sooner do I buy a jar it seems to be empty in no time.
My son comes down in the evening for a snack, which is often peanut butter and crackers and now my daughter has started joining in this ritual.
Hubby seems to sneak some peanut butter on a cracker at any time of the day and I have to say I am very partial to it too!
So seeing 4 empty jars that needed washing up on the worktop the other day I realised that I was paying a lot of money for something I could easily make myself!
My first hurdle was finding raw peanuts not in their shells. I had to give up on the first supermarket I tried but then I found red skinned peanuts in the “world food aisle” of my local Tesco (and I’ve seen the same ones in Morrisons) which cost £1.19 for 500g. As a 480g jar of Whole Earth peanut butter cost me £3.17 recently I knew I was on to a winner!
The other peanut butter I also buy is by Meridian so taking my inspiration from their 100% peanut content, I realised that peanuts were all I needed! My family prefer the consistency of the Whole Earth peanut butter so I was able to make my One Ingredient Crunchy Peanut Butter to match this consistency whilst maintaining the zero additives of the Meridian
My next hurdle was what to make my peanut butter in!
I use my trusty old Braun stick blender for most blending which came as part of the Multipractic set I bought over 20 years ago. It was no good for this job so I decided to use the large blender attachment that came with it, you just clip the motor on.
All was going well until the peanuts reached a claggy stage at which point there was a strange high-pitched noise and the blade stopped whirring!
In a mild panic, I then clipped the motor onto the herb chopper attachment, and the blade in there span around so the motor wasn’t broken although it was starting to get quite hot.
I then had to decant the ground peanuts (in 3 separate batches) into my herb chopper and eventually reached my goal of delicious peanut butter but with an extremely hot motor in my hand!
Next time I will dig out the food processor which I know is hidden somewhere in the garage which would have been a lot easier! (Note, since writing this post I now have a power blender which is the best thing to make peanut butter in).
So what did the family think of my peanut butter?
Well, I was barely able to take my photographs before the children were all over the jar scooping it out onto crackers. They absolutely loved it and I think it’s safe to say that I won’t be buying peanut butter anymore!
Hubby tried some the following day and also approved saying he preferred mine to the shop-bought ones! What more can I say – go make some crunchy peanut butter and save yourself some money too!
I’ve made a couple of Instagram videos below where you can see the blending process!
Recipes Using Peanut Butter
For recipes using peanut butter, you might like to check out the following:
- Houmous with Peanut Butter – Fab Food 4 All
- Peanut Butter and Banana Gluten Free Wrap N Rolls – Fab Food 4 All
- Stir-fry Veggies in a Peanut Butter Sauce – Coffee & Vanilla
- Peanut Butter Oreo Milkshake – Foodie Quine
- Creme Egg Peanut Butter and Nutella Cake with Nutella Icing – Recipes from a Pantry
- Old Fashioned Nut Butter Biscuits – Kavey Eats
- Peanut Butter Cookie Brownies – Emily’s Recipes & Reviews
- Fat Elvis Brownies – Supper in the Suburbs
- No Bake Peanut Butter Cream Pie – United Cakedom
- S’mores Granola Clusters – Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary
- Chocolate & Peanut Butter Flapjacks – Penne for your Thoughts
- Chocolate & Peanut Butter Cake – Sew White
- Carrot Cake Quinoa Truffles – Veggie Desserts
- Snickers Style Peanut Butter Milkshake – Munchies & Munchkins
- Vegan Peanut Butter Cheesecake – Nadias Healthy Kitchen
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One Ingredient Crunchy Peanut Butter
Equipment
- baking tray
- large spoon
- food processor or power blender
- preserve jar & lid
Ingredients
- 500 g Raw shelled peanuts I used red skin peanuts
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 180ºC.
- Spread the peanuts out in a single layer on a baking tray and roast for 15 minutes.
- Taste a peanut (carefully it will be hot) and if it doesn’t taste like a roasted peanut carry on roasting for a little longer and taste again.
- Once the peanuts are ready, allow them to cool.
- Pop the peanuts into a food processor and blend until the peanut fragments are the size you’d like in your peanut butter.
- Remove a few tablespoons (amount depends on how much crunch you want in your peanut butter) and set aside.
- Continue blending the peanuts, stopping periodically to scrape down the sides (patience needed unless you have a high powered blender) until you achieve the consistency of peanut butter (having a little taste will confirm this too).
- Finally fold in the peanuts fragments and place in a 500 ml sterilised jar.
- Store in a cool dark place.
Del's cooking twist
Amazing peanut butter recipe! I want to taste right through the screen 😉
Camilla
Thanks Del, you’ll just have to go and make some:-)
Natasha Mairs
I never knew you could make peanut butter with only just peanuts!! will have to give this a try
Camilla
Great Natasha, glad to have enlightened you:-)
Fashion and Style Police
My kids love peanut butter so definitely trying this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
Camilla
Excellent, glad to have helped:-)
The London Mum
Oh yes! I’m gonna try this for sure. I love peanut butter. x
Camilla
Excellent, glad to have inspired you:-)
Sisley White
I am absolutely going to have to make this! I love peanuts so much but haven’t ever thought about making peanut butter from scratch. nom nom nom
Camilla
A complete game changer Sisley:-)
Nayna Kanabar
I never knew peanut butter was so easy to make.
Camilla
I know and we pay a fortune for it!
peter @feedyoursoultoo
My wife would totally love for me to make this for her.
Camilla
I’m sure she would Peter;-)
Ana De- Jesus
I can’t believe you made your very own peanut butter! You are now officially cool in my eyes!
Camilla
LOL Ana:-)
Charli
We love peanut butter and go through so many jars so I’m definitely going to give this a whirl!
Camilla
Excellent Charli:-)
Kavey
Ooooh lovely, I keep meaning to make my own cashew nut butter, you’ve motivated me to get on with it!
Camilla
Fab Kavey, I intend to move onto other nuts too:-)