Welcome to another one of my how-to series.
Today I’d be showing you very easy ways to make your own peanut butter. I promise you, you’d dump the store bought brands once you know how to do this. Making peanut butter is as simple as ABC. In fact I have never bought a jar of peanut butter with my money.

This is what you need to know.

Ingredient

Key Ingredient
Roasted Peanut -we call it groundnut in Nigeria-

Optional ingredients

• Honey
• Cayenne pepper
• Ehu Seeds (Calabash Nutmeg) if you are looking for traditional tasting peanut butter like the one Igbo people serve with garden egg.

Procedure

• Get out the dry mill of your blender.
  If you are not sure about the freshness of your peanuts turn it into a dry frying pan and stir fry on low heat for about 3-5mins. To avoid rancidity. Do not burn.

• Allow to cool if you did the re-heating

• Then pour into your dry mill and blend on medium speed. In 15 seconds  most of your nuts would be crushed and it would have released it’s oil.

• Use a spatula to scrap the sides and stir slighty.

• If you wish to add honey or pepper, this would be the time to add it.

• Then blend again at high speed for about 45 secs or as long as it would take to get it to a smooth slightly runny paste.

Store in a air tight container

Voila there your have your own peanut butter.

Here are a few more peanut recipes you can try.

• How to make Peanut Butter
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