How to Make Peanut Butter
Ingredients
Directions
Grind the fresh roasted peanuts finely using a food processor or grinder.
Add coarse sea salt to the ground peanuts according to your taste.
Mix until the desired consistency is achieved.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Fresh roasted peanuts
- Provide the base of the spread, and their oils become smooth and spreadable as they are ground.
The step that matters
Grind the peanuts finely. Peanuts release their natural oils as they are ground, and the oil is what makes the spread smooth. Stopping too early leaves a grainy, dry texture, while over-grinding can heat the paste and make it oily.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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