It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time

I made my own PB. Yeah, that's right, I'm awesome. I'm super amazing fantastic and a woman of culinary genius. Actually it was so easy my 4 year old could've done it. Here's what you need:

• Food Processor
• 2 to 3 cups of roasted, unsalted peanuts
• a drizzle of EVOO or Peanut Oil
• A pinch of salt (optional)

Put the peanuts in, sprinkle the salt, turn your food processor on and drizzle just a tiny bit of oil in. You'll have to let the peanuts break down so their natural oils come out. When it starts to get pulverized you can better gauge if you need to put in just a little more oil. Keep your FP running until it becomes the consistency you like. It should only take a couple minutes.

Now make sure you have saved your empty PB jar and washed it out so you can reuse it! Or get an old pasta sauce jar or other jar, just make sure it's really clean.

Try out other varieties too. You could add all sorts of yummy things to it. This recipe also works for other nuts (almonds, cashews, etc.). Here are the 2 best things about it:

1. It's simple and healthy. Most store bought PB has a lot of crap in it, that you don't need. This is just pure, delicious peanuts.
   
2. It's really cheap. I bought a 32 oz. container of peanuts for a little over $4. I used to buy the better peanut butter at the store (the brands without the extra crap in them) and each jar cost at least this much. Don't even get me started on Almond butter....let's just say you better have Oprah money if you are planning on buying that stuff just to spread on toast!

Sorry, no jelly this time. But wait until the summer. I'm going to try canning then and I'll make my own jelly too.