I made a 45-minute trek (each way) to Whole Foods only to find that the peanut butter grinder was "Out of Order". With no real good options for a jarred organic and Non-GMO peanut butter (or almond butter) at the stores near our home, it was time to get creative. So I searched the internet for way to make my own peanut or almond butter. I secretly hoped it required a grinder! This way I could finally buy my own grinder for processing game! But I found out you can use a food processor or blender. Guess that grinder will have to wait.
I came across this recipe: http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-homemade-peanut-butter-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-199110
Well, I decided to experiment and try it out with our 6 yo son. I washed an old glass jar and then I started my stop watch. We pulled out the food processor and began our trial run.
I pretty much followed the recipe but we used 1 cup of raw, whole, organic Non-GMO almonds.
I did not add any oil and only 1/4 tsp Celtic sea salt.
At the very end, we ended up with about 5 or 6 ounces of almond butter. I filled the jar, put it in the fridge and stopped the stop watch. 13 minutes and 30 seconds. From now on, I vow to being looking for quality whole, raw, organic Non-GMO nuts to make our own nut butters.
This was TOO EASY! And, the kids can help make it!
