Love & Best Dishes: Apples with Homemade Peanut Butter Recipe | How to Make Homemade Peanut Butter

peanuts

🥗Healthier: almonds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Almonds provide healthy fats and are lower in calories.

honey

🥗Healthier: maple syrup

💰Cheaper: agave syrup

Maple syrup offers a unique flavor with fewer calories.

oil

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Coconut oil adds a tropical flavor while being healthier.

sugar

🥗Healthier: stevia

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Stevia is a natural sweetener with no calories.

Add 2 cups of salted peanuts to the food processor.

Add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil to the peanuts.

Process the peanuts until they are smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides with a spatula as needed.

Core the apples while the peanuts are processing.

Juice half a lemon and toss it with the cored apples to prevent them from turning dark.

Process the peanut mixture again until smooth, then add 1/2 teaspoon of salt and process again.

If the peanut butter is too dry, add an additional tablespoon of vegetable oil and process again until smooth.

Taste the peanut butter and adjust the oil as needed for desired consistency.

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