Home Made Peanut Butter

I have been reading a lot on health benefits of peanut butter .  When eaten in moderation its supposed to be an excellent source of protein. Fibre, healthy fats and antioxidants making it a good alternative over butter.  In addition to that peanut butter has a tendency to keep you satiated for a longer time making it an excellent mid morning snack.  Its just in recent years that the consumption of peanut butter has become fairly popular in the Indian markets .  It is a  great alternative to butter ,can be used as a icing I have used peanut butter icing for my chocolate beer  cupcakes http://veena-cakesbakes.blogspot.in/2014/01/chocolate-beer-cup-cake-with-peanut.html#links as chocolate and peanut butter is a classic combination.  If nothing else you can simply spread it on a brown bread , it makes a yummy sandwich .

Peanut butter is nothing but plain peanuts.  It’s also extremely easy to make .  Which gives you all the more reason to make it at home rather than going for the store bought one which is not only expensive , A jar of 350 gms of American Garden peanut butter will cost you around Rs 280 but also you don’t have any control over the amount of sodium , sugar , oil and preservatives added to it.  So go the healthy way and make your own peanut butter it hardly will  take 15-20 mins of your time.

 

Ingredients for making Peanut Butter

 

Peanuts -250 gms
Sea Salt ½ tsp
Honey-50 ml or alternatively Jaggery 75 gms
Good Quality Vanilla 1 tsp
Peanut oil/Olive Oil- 50 ml.





Method

Roast the Peanuts in a Microwave for 5 mins.  Remove the outer skin alternatively you can purchase the skinned variety.

In a coffee grinder add all the ingredients together and grind it.  Initially it will be all grainy but you need to go on grinding it

Till you start getting a smooth paste this process will take atleast 4-5 mins of blending in the mixer.  Instead of vanilla you can add cinnamon, chocolate chips etc.  Store it in a dry bottle .