Name: Homemade Peanut Butter from Scratch {Easy Wholesome Yumminess}
Cook time: 6 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: International
Ingredients: 260 g peanuts, about 2 cups; 20 g avocado oil, about 2 tbsp; 1/4 tsp Himalayan pink salt

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Homemade from scratch three ingredients peanut butter using Vitamix Blender is easy, healthy and yummy. That is correct, you only need peanuts and a pinch of avocado oil and tiny bit of salt to make a nutritious wholesome peanut butter at home. For salt, I like Himalayan pink salt, which is perhaps the purest and most natural salt on the planet.

Vitamix Blender, does it worth it?

Vitamix Blender is not cheap. I considered Vitamix Blender for a rather long time before I finally got one. So if you are still contemplating, I totally understand. What I can tell you from my own experience is, you won’t regret it.

This is especially true if you like smoothes, peanut butter, sesame butter, soybean milk. The chances are you will deeply appreciate the super powder and convenience of Vitamix Blender. It truly refines “blending”.

How to make Peanut Butter from scratch?

what do you need to make homemade peanut butter from scratch?

First thing first is the dry roast the peanuts for homemade peanut butter

It is quick & easy to dry roast peanuts over stove in a cast iron Wok. It takes merely about 5 minutes and the fire roasted peanuts are crunchy and tasty. You can use this method to dry roast all kinds of nuts or seeds, such as walnut, almonds, sesame seeds, etc.

After heating the cast iron wok for 2 minutes, spread the peanuts along the Wok curved surface and let them cook for about 2 minutes. After that, use a pair of bamboo spatulas to toss and turn non stop for another 3-4 minutes.

You can use the medium heat for the roasting.

dry roasted peanuts in the cast iron wok

Next is to make Peanut Butter using the powerful Vitamix Blender

Add the 2 tbsp avocado oil to the blender first and then the roasted peanuts. Lastly, sprinkle a tiny bit of Himalayan pink salt over the peanuts. It is important to add oil first.

avocado oil, roasted peanuts and salt in the Vitamix Blender

The most important tips of using Vitamix Blender to make peanut butter is being very patient and methodic. Use a pulse mode initially just to break down the peanuts.

Stop the blender immediately once the blades’ top is no longer in contact with the peanuts. Use a silicone spatula to scrape and pile the peanuts around the blades, and pulse again. Repeat this until peanuts are fully break down.

peanuts fully broken down in the Vitamix Blender

Once the peanuts are broken down, you will notice the blending cycle can go on longer than before. Similarly, stop the blender immediately once the blades top is no longer touching the peanuts. And then use a silicone spatula to scrape and fluffy the peanuts bits, and pile them over/around the blades.

blend peanut butter in the Vitamix Blender

Repeat this process until you’ve got your desired texture, be a little chunky or smooth.

freshly homemade peanut butter in Vitamix Blender

Homemade Peanut Butter from Scratch {Easy Wholesome Yumminess}

Yield: 12 servi

Cook Time: 6 minutes

Additional Time: 9 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

Homemade from scratch three ingredients peanut butter using Vitamix Blender is easy, healthy and yummy. That is correct, you only need peanuts, a pinch of avocado oil and a tiny bit of salt to make a nutritious wholesome peanut butter at home.

Ingredients

260 g peanuts, about 2 cups
20 g avocado oil, about 2 tbsp
1/4 tsp Himalayan pink salt

Instructions

Gather Ingredients:

I usually roast the peanuts in advance.

Dry Roast Peanuts:

Turn the heat to medium and heat a cast iron wok for 2 minutes.
Add the peanuts to the Wok, spread out the peanuts along the Wok's curved inner wall and let them cook for 2 minutes. After that, use a pair of bamboo spatulas to toss and turn non-stop for another 3-4 minutes, or till the peanuts change the color and start to make popping sound.
Turn off the heat.

Blend Peanuts using Vitamix Blender:

Add 20 g avocado oil to the Vitamix Blender and then the roasted peanuts. Lastly sprinkle 1/4 tsp Himalayan pink salt on the top.
You do have to deliberately remove the peanuts skins, they are quite nutritous. But if some skins fall off during the roasting, I usually do not add those to the blender.
Use a pulse mode to chop the peanuts into small bits first. Stop the blender immediately once the top of the blades is no longer touching the peanuts. Use a silicone spatula to scrape and pile the peanuts around the blades, and do it again. Repeat this until peanuts are fully chopped into small bits.
Continue to blend the chopped peanuts, you will notice the blending cycle gets a little onger now. Similarly, stop the blender immediately once the top of the blades is no longer touching the peanuts. And then use a silicone spatula to scrape and pile the peanuts around the blades.
Repeat the process until you've got your desired peanut butter texture, being chunky or smooth.
All done! Scrape the peanuts from the blender and store it in a small glass jar. Store it in the refrigerator and enjoy for the next 3-4 weeks. Enjoy the homemade from scratch peanut butter!