2 weekends ago, I posted a recipe for homemade roasted peanut butter.
What I didn't mention was that we didn't actually eat much of it. It came out very dry and firm. Now, I had an idea that came from another recipe I'd seen for Creamy Peanut Butter. The difference? Nourishing Joy put the ground peanut butter into a saucepan with warm palm oil and kind of cooked it. I thought it sounded odd (and I wasn't in the mood to go searching for palm oil...), so I didn't bother.
I'm still not sold on using palm oil in my peanut butter. Part of why I'm making it at home is to LIMIT the number of ingredients. This seemed to be counter-productive. But... I have peanut oil. So... I put some peanut oil into a sauce pan, dumped in my very dry and crumbly peanut "butter" and put it on medium low for awhile. Stirred it about. Mashed up the lumps. Let everything come together in a nice melty mess.
Let it cool for a bit (so I didn't shock my mason jars into breaking) and I have a much better consistency. MUCH.
Now to foist it on my guinea pig (a.k.a. husband) to see what he thinks. :)
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