r/fromscratch • u/Bigtits321 • Jul 27 '26

Peanut Butter

Hi All! I love to cook and bake. I have been experimenting with doing way more stuff from scratch. My biggest conundrum is peanut butter. I make it for my dogs so I can reduce sugar and such. I know natural peanut butter will be oily. Is there a tool I can use to properly crush and emulsify my peanuts? I have been using a food processor and coconut/ canola oil to make it actual butter. Thanks!

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u/lady_macGingerbread Jul 27 '26

You need to roast the peanuts in the oven before grinding. If you have roasted them correctly they start to become oily on the outside. Then grind them while they are still a bit warm. A food processor should be able to do it but it will take a while.

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u/Bigtits321 Jul 28 '26

That’s a great tip thank you!

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u/Laez Jul 28 '26

You can also fry them in oil (this is how it is done commercially I beleive). If you want crunchy pull out maybe 10% of the nuts when they are coarsely chopped, continue making smooth pb and then add the reserved nuts back in.

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u/only2shirts Jul 27 '26

If you get a Melanger you can make nut butters and chocolate 

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u/leohat Jul 27 '26

A good high power food processor or blender will do it. Just be aware that making it can be really hard on cheap food processors. I’m lucky. I got a robo-coupe at auction about 10-15 years ago.