Maple Cinnamon Vanilla Peanut Butter

I was planning on posting this early next week (I have so many other posts written), but I have had about 10 people ask me for the recipe!

Let’s just say that Christmas is coming early this year…

If you’ve been following my blog for awhile, then you probably already know this, but I live on nut butter. I have an entire cabinet devoted to these creamy delicacies.

Out of all the nut butters out there, I’m a peanut butter boy. Almond and cashew butter are a close two and three, but peanut butter will always remain number one in my heart.

Believe it or not, this was actually my first time making peanut butter! I’ve made chocolate pecan butter in the past, but it ended up dry and crumbly (I think my pecans were past their prime).

When I spotted some organic peanuts in the bulk bins last week, I knew that I had to give homemade peanut butter a try. If you do make this, make sure your peanut are dry roasted, organic peanuts. There are a ton of pesticides involved when growing peanuts, so you definitely need to make sure you buy organic.

At first, I was just going to make regular peanut butter, but at the last minute, I decided to spice it up a little bit with a few of my favorite ingredients.

Honestly, I might never buy peanut butter again. The homemade stuff is just too good!

It was the perfect consistency and had just the right amount of salt. I am very picky about my nut butters, so making my own allows me to control every little detail.

Trust me, this stuff is GOOD.

Maple Cinnamon Vanilla Peanut Butter

Ingredients

• 3 cups organic unsalted, dry roasted peanuts
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 tsp pure vanilla extract (don’t use that imitation stuff)
• 1 TBS cinnamon
• 1-2 TBS maple syrup (depending on how sweet you want it)

Directions

Peanut Butter

1. Add nuts to the food processor.
2. Turn on the food processor and a process until you have the desired consistency. Scrape down the bowl as necessary. I think this took me around 5-10 minutes.
3. Add salt slowly, process, then taste test.  Repeat until desired saltiness is achieved.

Maple Cinnamon Vanilla Peanut Butter

1. To the peanut butter, add the vanilla extract, cinnamon, and maple syrup.
2. Turn on the food processor and process for about 5 minutes. Scrape down bowl a few times as necessary.
3. It will thicken a bit from the cinnamon, but let the food processor do it’s thing for about 5 minutes. It will all come together.

That jar has already come and gone

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