Homemade Peanut Butter

Oh, I saw this recipe for Homemade Peanut Butter at Family.com in their recipes section. It looks so good! Store-bought peanut butter has become so expensive and is filled with so many salts and preservatives, yuk! Plus, I haven’t forgotten the PB recall a while back because a factory had contaminated PB with listeria. I am moving away from factory-made foods and going back to basics. We are consciously eating much healthier that ever before.

Anyway, this recipe is nice. It makes just one pint of PB, though. Peanuts and honey tend to be expensive foods (I have considered growing my own peanuts sometime), don’t expect to save loads of dough with this recipe so that you can buy that sterling silver jewelry you’ve had your eye on. This is probably more of a snack food than a staple.

Here’s the recipe. SO EASY!

Ingredients
16 ounces of peanuts (I love the honey-roasted kind but plain or salted would be fine too)
3 tablespoons of canola oil
1 tablespoon of honey

Directions

1. In the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade, whiz the peanuts until finely ground and beginning to get pasty. This may take a couple of minutes.
2. Add oil and honey and pulse about 10 more times until completely incorporated.
3. Taste for salt or sweetness and add salt or honey to taste.
4. Put in a 1/2 pint mason jar or similarly sized container and store in the refrigerator.

See more recipes at the website. They have lots of very nice, simple recipes. Whenever I am out of ideas, I always check out the site.

Buckeyes: Dessert From Heaven!

I spotted these at Your Fun Family and started drooling. Oh I just love peanut butter and chocolate! It doesn’t love me, so there’s always that supplements for weight loss in the back of my mind.. *sigh*

Well, Melissa graciously allowed me to copy her recipe and share. We are making these very soon! Melissa didn’t say how many this recipe would serve, so I’m guessing it when I include it.

Buckeyes
Serves 1. Well, OK OK I guess you’ll have to share… serves 2.

INGREDIENTS

* 1 1/2 cups peanut butter
* 1 cup butter, softened
* 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 6 cups confectioners’ sugar
* 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large bowl, mix together the peanut butter, butter, vanilla and confectioners’ sugar. The dough will look dry. Roll into 1 inch balls and place on a waxed paper-lined cookie sheet.
2. Press a toothpick into the top of each ball (to be used later as the handle for dipping) and chill in freezer until firm, about 30 minutes.
3. Melt chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave in 15 second intervals stirring in between until melted.
4. Dip frozen peanut butter balls in chocolate holding onto the toothpick. Leave a small portion of peanut butter showing at the top to make them look like Buckeyes. Put back on the cookie sheet and refrigerate until serving.