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Peanut butter is a food product usually consisting of roasted and ground peanuts, sometimes sweetened. It is commonly sold in grocery stores, but can be made at home. Many styles are available; the most popular are creamy (smooth) and crunchy, but honey-roasted or wholenut varieties can also be found. Creamy peanut butter is made by grinding all of the mixture very finely. The crunchier styles leave portions of the mixture with a coarser grind, resulting in larger pieces of peanut interspersed with the creamier fine ground mixture.

Used in sandwiches (particularly the classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich), candy (for example, Reese's Pieces), and pastry, it is a good source of protein, and is popular with children.

For people with nut allergies, the intense concentration of nuts in peanut butter can cause fatal anaphylactic shock. Peanut butter is often contaminated with aflatoxin.

In 1893, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg originated an early variety of peanut butter at the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan. Kellogg, along with his brother, Will Keith Kellogg, patented a process for making peanut butter, but it used steamed peanuts rather than roasted peanuts.

Ingredients

Makes about 1 1/2 cup.

1. 2 cups of peanuts
2. 1 1/2 teaspoon of vegetable oil, peanut oil or canola oil
3. 1 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil
4. 1/2 teaspoon of sugar
5. 2 teaspoon of honey
6. Pinch of salt

Steps

Combine the peanuts and vegetable oil (peanut oil or canola oil) in a bowl. Place tinfoil on a baking pan and bake the peanuts at 200-350 F degrees. Mix with olive oil. Process or blend for a while. Add in sugar, honey and salt. Process or blend until you are sastified.

Recipes

• Grilled Peanut Butter Sandwiches
• Peanut Sauce (Vegan)
• Monkey butter