I had no idea I could mill my own peanut butter using a food processor. Once again, kudos Pinterest. I love the feeling of making something with my own two hands. I suppose it might be more satisfactory if I had grown the peanuts, shelled them and roasted them myself. Alas, I did not get so pioneer woman on this expedition.

I used honey roasted peanuts, although next time I will definitely be using plain roasted peanuts so I can really control the type of flavour in the end result. As such I am attaching a simple recipe which calls for plain dry roasted peanuts. You could theoretically use any type of peanut you like; if you have a fancy peanut store like Picard’s you could get your hands on any type of spiced or flavoured nut you can imagine. Who says peanut butter can’t be wild? (more…)