anyone make their own peanut butter?

Tara Lu

or other nut butter?

cashew butter & almond butter are so darn expensive...but they're so yummy. so my friend suggested just throwing some nuts in the food processor and going to it. 

does anyone know if that works? do you add oil? what kind of oil do you use?

dieselmonkey

we did when i was little. ?we had/have a Bamix (the original stick blender). ?we used honey roasted peanuts b/c they gave a better flavored butter. you could do plain pnuts, but i would suggest adding honey to make it sweeter and a little more spreadable. ?it's not really any cheaper b/c of the price of nuts, but you know what's in it...

CoastieWife08

Alton Brown had an episode about PB on the other night.  He did add refined peanut oil to the peanuts to make it creamy. 

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/homemade-peanut-butter-recipe/index.html

 

DomerJenC

we did this in h.s. home ec.  put nuts in blender, blend w/ a little oil for consistency, and you're done.  A food processor would probably work better.

Em&B

Mmm, this sounds yummy. I might have to try it!!