Peanut Butter Jelly Time

I remember the first time I had 'natural' peanut butter. I was at a Whole Foods and I wanted to press the button on their natural peanut butter maker just to see what would happen. I wound up walking out of there with a 1/2 pound of natural peanut butter. The stuff was pretty good but I thought I could make better.

So last night I made my first batch of peanut butter from scratch in my food processor (it was my coveted Christmas gift this year). It was actually pretty easy and I'm sure you could whip it up in a blender if you have one, though it might take a bit longer.

You need:

- 1.5 c. peanuts, non-salted
- 2 tbs. peanut oil
- 1.5 tsp. sugar

1.) Roast the nuts! I threw my peanuts (which went against the recipe and were the light salted Planter's cocktail variety - it's what I had) into a pan and toasted them on the stove top for about 7-10 minutes or until the smell of peanuts filled the downstairs portion of my townhouse.
2.) Throw the nuts in the processor. Blend to chop.
3.) Keep the processor on and add oil slowly (again I used vegetable oil in my version last night and it came out fine - peanut oil will probably add more flavor). Blend for about 5-7 minutes.
4.) When mixture begins to resemble peanut butter add that sugar in and then blend some more until you reach the consistency you like. The sugar tones down a sort of bitterness that homemade peanut butter can have.

Pretty easy right?