Guest guest Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 There are at least a couple of potential problems with peanuts/peanut butter. First, peanuts are not nuts, they are legumes, and legumes are fairly advanced for many people. Second, growing in the ground, peanuts often have mold issues (I think from improper handling, drying, storage, etc, things we have no way of knowing). I'm not sure what the deal is with peanut butter--hard to digest or people eat too much of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 I don't make peanut butter at all because it doesn't agree with me (darn! it sure tastes good!). But here's how I make relatively smooth nut butters from pecan meal or almond flour. This isn't smooth smooth like bought but it's a lot smoother than crunchy nut butter if that makes sense. First I use my Miracle Mincer which looks like it's similar to the Mini Cuisinart. This gets it to a paste. It doesn't hold a lot, maybe 3/4 cup, so I scrape most of that out and make a second batch. Then transfer to the big blender jar (so I have the hole in the top.) I add some oil, hard to say how much, until it will process, really. In a few minutes it's really pretty deent. If my 45 year old blender (Go, Oster!) gives up the ghost one day I will probably look at an Omega or VitaMix or something really heavy which I understand can make really smooth nut butters by virtue of being able to run a long time without burning the motor out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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