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JV
January 2, 2021
For true peanut butter (the natural stuff), don’t add any oil or honey - it doesn’t need it!
Josephsm
December 29, 2020
I use the Vitamin with one bag of Trader Joe's salted peanuts and one bag of Trader Joe's Honey Roasted peanuts. i will hold back some of the peanuts if I want chunky. No added salt, honey or oil (other than whatever is already in the bagged nuts). No need to scrape down the blender, just push down on the nuts with the tamper. Start at a low speed and gradually increase to maximum. And because it's impossible to scrape out all the peanut butter from the container, I always follow up with a frozen banana/milk/ice cube smoothie with whatever remains in the container.
Stephanie G.
January 6, 2021
That is genius. I get frustrated with the Vitamix's slim container so I used my Cuisinart. The food processor does not do the same work as the Vitamix. I will go back to the Vitamix and get all the last of the nut butter with a smoothie.
Jerry G.
December 27, 2020
I grew up on a peanut farm in south Alabama & my mother roasted peanuts in oven then ground them in a meat grinder. No salt or sugar. They were best in the world!
jverene
December 27, 2020
I make my peanut butter with my Champion Juicer...best ever! Not so good for almond butter as the almonds seem to have less natural oils in them.
Lori
December 27, 2020
I just throw a jar of Plantar’s lightly salted roasted peanuts in my food processor and in less than 5 minutes (less if you want super smooth) I have great peanut butter. I have never had to scrape down the food processor. When it gets to a big ball, just leave it alone. In 15 seconds, it resolves itself.
Patricia F.
December 27, 2020
I've been making peanut butter for 30 years. I don't like mine sweet, so I skip the honey, and I've never understood why people add oil to a product that already contains plenty of oil. If your peanut butter isn't getting smooth and liquidy enough, you're not blending or processing it long enough. I have always used a food processor with unsalted (unseasoned) dry roasted peanuts and get ultra smooth peanut butter, which I store in the fridge. It will keep for weeks (if it lasts that long), plus be perfectly spreadable right out of the fridge. All I add is some salt. Oh, except for a very brief period of extreme indulgence when I was adding butter to the peanuts, just because it tasted so amazing!
connie S.
December 27, 2020
totally agree-as an expat that refused to pay crazy prices for imported peanut butter, I started making my own 40 years ago. Just buy regular roasted and salted peanuts (about 2 cups) and toss them in your food processor and start on medium speed. When they are still dry but crumbly, scrape down and increase speed to max and just let it go about 2-3 minutes until it turns into a creamy butter. Don't need extra oil or honey-and it never separates and keeps nicely in the fridge in a glass jar for at least a month or two, but it never lasts that long.......
Belinda E.
December 24, 2020
I just found out that Jiff no longer makes my FAVORITE PB, maple flavored. I used to buy a dozen at a time so I would never run out. So now I am forced to make my own. But why is it only good for a week? What happens after that?
Cissy A.
December 27, 2020
I always make a double batch and it keeps perfectly in the fridge for a month or more. It’s never gone bad but between us and the dog, ours never lasts more than a month.





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