![]() ![]() Peanuts are done when they are just golden brown and fragrant. Bake at 350F for about 10 minutes, shaking the pan occasionally. Spread peanuts in a single layer on a baking sheet. If you have a 12-cup bowl it will probably work in one go.Ģ tablespoons peanut or neutral-flavored oilġ.) Preheat oven to 350F. As mentioned above, I had to process mine in batches because I have a small-capacity food processor. Using a darker pan will make the peanuts toast faster, so times are approximate. We prefer a bit lighter roast, but you may not. Note: The darker you roast your peanuts, the more intense the flavor. Add about 5 cents of honey, a few pennies of salt and oil, we’ll round it up to $1.75 - and I’d say that’s not a bad deal. The peanuts were just under $2/pound for a grand total of about $1.60 worth in this recipe. Two cups of peanuts is about 13 ounces, so I ended up with slightly less than a full jar when I was done. The organic peanut butter I usually buy runs about $5 per 16 ounce jar (I stocked up when it was on sale for $4). The last 1/4 cup I chopped and stirred in for crunch.Īfter stirring it all up I wished I had reserved more of the peanuts for crunch as it was a bit spare, but it sure tastes like peanut butter. I reserved about 1/4 cup of peanuts and repeated the process with the rest. After pulsing a few times to break up the peanuts, I let it process for about 2 ear-splitting minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl every 30-45 seconds. In the food processor bowl I combined 1 cup of toasted, skinned peanuts, 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt, 1/2 teaspoon honey, and 1 tablespoon vegetable oil (we were out of peanut oil). If not, I recommend making nut butters in small batches. If you have a larger capacity processor, go to town. ![]() It may also be the loudest food processor known to man so whirring anything longer than 30 seconds is borderline painful. If I had a large food processor this might have been faster, but I have this 3-cup version - great for what I normally need, but not quite enough oomph for 2 cups of peanuts. I still had to pick through them a bit to find renegades, but it was much faster than hand-sifting all of them. Once I had gotten to most of the nuts, I scooped them into my salad spinner and used the awesome powers of centrifugal force to spin the skins away. After two handfuls I got really smart and did this over the tray. Now the fun part! On the excellent advice of Alton Brown I let the peanuts cool, then rubbed them between my hands to loosen the skin. They should be just golden brown as they will continue to cook on the pan once removed from the oven. “Never leave nuts in the oven unattended as they burn very quickly,” says the Voice of Experience.ĭue to a combination of paranoia (see above quotation) and poor timing (I was making breakfast at the same time) my peanuts are very lightly toasted. Two cups of raw peanuts in a single layer on a pan get toasted at 350F for about 10 minutes. Always up for a culinary adventure (or as my husband would say, trashing the kitchen), I decided to put my food processor to use. We did not have any peanut butter, but we definitely had five pounds of organic raw peanuts. The morning commute was foggy, but the drive, the sun, and two cups of coffee cleared the haze both meteorological and metaphorical. This was a not a fact I was quite prepared to face at 6:30am, and when my towel-clad husband emerged from his shower he was greeted with a grumpy wife and the information that he would have to fend for himself at lunchtime. Making a peanut butter-filled cake, peanut butter-filled cookies, and a whole lot of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches had cleared out the small hoard of jars in the cupboard. The empty peanut butter jar from yesterday was sitting on the counter waiting to get washed of its last oily dregs, reminding me to fumble through the depths of the pantry for another jar.īut it wasn’t there. Bleary after a bout of insomnia last night, I staggered into the kitchen to pack him a lunch before driving him to work. At 6:30 this morning my husband was taking a shower. ![]()
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