Homemade Peanut Butter

I finally made my first nut butter! It's long overdue but I have finally done it. I made a small batch just in case I did not like it. I am going to make almond butter next. It just so happened that I had a container of roasted, salted peanuts left from the holidays, and I wanted to use them somehow because we don't eat peanuts. They made delicious peanut butter!

1 cup roasted, salted peanuts
1 tsp coconut oil
2/3 packet Truvia

Pulse the peanuts in a food processor until they become "crumbly." Then, add the oil, a few drops at a time. Next add the Truvia and continue to pulse until the PB is fairly smooth and creamy. When it is done it will be very shiny! You will need to stir/scrape the sides of the food processor every minute or so. It will take about 10 minutes to get the right consistency.

I have a feeling if I had used raw peanuts, there would have been enough natural oil in them that I wouldn't have needed the coconut oil. Just my thoughts, anyway. I'll be posting about almond butter soon, too!

After a couple minutes your butter will look like this and you will think it's done. Not so! It will be waaaay too gritty. Keep going! 

See how pretty and shiny it is when it's all done? 

Go green and store your peanut butter in a recycled glass jar. :)