The Best Homemade Peanut Butter Recipe

honey

🥗Healthier: agave syrup

💰Cheaper: sugar

Agave syrup is lower on the glycemic index.

oil

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Coconut oil adds flavor while being healthier.

Lightly toast the nuts in the oven, stirring and shaking the pan until they smell nutty and are lightly browned.

Add 1/3 cup of peanuts to a food processor and pulse until broken down, saving these pieces for later.

Throw the rest of the peanuts into the food processor and turn it on. The nuts will go from whole to tiny pieces to somewhat of a clump and eventually turn into a shiny paste.

If needed, add a little oil to help the peanuts along; in this case, the creator left the oil out.

Stir in the saved pieces of peanuts for crunch.

For almond peanut butter, use half toasted almonds and half toasted peanuts, following the same steps as before.

Season with honey and salt for flavor.

For chocolate peanut butter, add powdered sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, salt, and some oil to the regular peanut butter base after it's made.

Process until shiny, thick, and delicious.

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