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.
Idaintyit
wow I can’t believe you have literally made this from peanuts! I really want to make this for my husband, he loves peanut butter
Camilla
I know, it’s a mini miracle:-)
Jacqueline Meldrum
We love peanut butter in this house too. Gorgeous stuff. What you really needed was the power of a Froothie blender to make that peanut butter, it would have been made in a couple of minutes. Stumbled, yummed and tweeted.
Camilla
I know Jacqueline, but I’m an example to my readers that even with the most basic outdated equipment you can still make peanut butter LOL:-) Thanks:-)
Lenadra - LarabeeUK
Such a great idea to make your own, and you know there are no nasty additives or sweeteners in there!
Camilla
Thanks Lenadra it is great one can make it with no added anything;-)
Sarah (@tamingtwins)
I can almost smell this Camilla! I bet it was delicious. Would be perfect with apple slices dipped in!
Camilla
Yes, I mentioned eating it with apple slices in a comment further up as I’ve seen this but never done it:-)
David Pearce
This is a great idea – I am going to pick up some peanut butter in Tesco tomorrow and try it. i guess you could add some other ingredients and make a satay sauce?
You should try making you own coconut milk as well from a fresh coconut. It is a lot cheaper and tastes amazing compared to the bought varieties. A bit of work but with the reward!
Camilla
Great David. Satay sauce sounds like a great idea! I never buy coconut milk but use the Maggi Coconut Milk Powder which is so much cheaper and easy to store and use. I can’t see buying coconut being a cheap option and if you factor in your time too!
Glamorous Glutton
Great idea, I’ve made almond butter and cashew butter, not sure why it’s never occured to me to make good old peanut butter. GG
Camilla
Thanks! And I’ve never made any butters so you’re ahead of me:-)
Platter Talk
This is exactly how we like our PB! Thanks for the recipe; can’t wait to make it!
Camilla
Fab Dan, enjoy:-)
Debra @ Bowl Me Over
I have never made my own peanut butter – love this, I know it would be so much more!!
Camilla
Thanks Debra, it really is great and a fraction of the cost of quality peanut butter:-)
Janice
I made peanut butter in the 1980s, but had forgotten all about it. I’m going to have another go as I now use it more in recipes than spreading and, as you say the good stuff is expensive. It’s going to be so easy in my ThermoCook too. Thanks for reminding me about how easy it is.
Camilla
Thanks Janice, yes I high speed blender will whip this up in no time:-)
charlotte
I am amazed that you only need peanuts to make peanut butter! Thought you would need to add some sort of liquid. Sounds delicious!x
Camilla
It is a bit of magic isn’t it:-)