Homemade Peanut Butter Recipe Crash Course

You really can make our peanut butter recipe in 15 minutes. In fact, most of that time is roasting the peanuts.

After roasting, throw peanuts into the bowl of a food processor. Turn on and watch as the peanuts turn into crumbs, then a thick paste and finally smooth shiny peanut butter. It’s almost magical.

Best of all, you can adjust based on your tastes. We add a little salt, a touch of honey and for perfect consistency to spread on toast–a tiny bit of oil. See what works for you.

Homemade Almond Peanut Butter

Now that you’re pros at making basic peanut butter, get creative and play.

One of our favorite twists is to use equal parts of peanuts to almonds. By the way, if you only use almonds, you can make almond butter.

The process is exactly the same, roast then add all the nuts to a food processor, turn on and watch the magic happen. Add salt, honey (or maple syrup) as needed then check the consistency — we have found the peanut almond butter needs a little more oil added.

Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter — Pure Joy

OK, now for our favorite. Chocolate Peanut Butter. Think of it as a peanut-ified Nutella.

It’s quick and easy to make. Start with the basic peanut butter then instead of adding honey, add cocoa powder and powdered sugar.

The end result? Creamy, chocolaty goodness — we’re absolutely in love with it.

You decide. Basic peanut butter recipe, peanut almond butter, chocolate peanut butter or would you make your own version? We want to know.Just leave your response in the comments below.

Recipe updated, originally posted February 2013. Since posting this in 2013, we have tweaked the recipe to be more clear. – Adam and Joanne