Make Your Own Peanut Butter

Name brand peanut butter is filled with salt, sugar, corn syrup, hydrogenated vegetable oils, artificial flavorings, chemical preservatives and synthetic coal tar dyes to give it a "healthy" color,even though it's unwholesome and addictive.Peanut butter tastes great by itself,and it wouldn't seem necessary to add hydrogenated oil to a legume that is already over 50 % oil.
Anyone with a blender or food processor can make their own peanut butter( or other nut butters)Like anything else homemade, you control the ingredients.You'll need 2 cups of shelled roasted peanuts, a tablespoon of peanut oil and 1/2 tsp. of salt unless the peanuts are already salted.If using a blender, put the oil in first. Add the peanuts and salt next. Blend until desired consistency is reached. In the food processor, use the metal blade to process ingredients continuously for 2 to 3 minutes.Stop the machine to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Continue to process until the desired consistency is obtained. This makes a cup of peanut butter that will keep in the refrigerator up to 2 weeks.


Excerpted from an article by Carroll Pellegrinelli