Anyway back to nut butters, my five year old kitchen helper Mr. SirPrize has been bugging me to make our own peanut butter for a while. And some jerk, ahem, kept eating ALL the peanuts. Sheesh. I finally bought more and we quickly made some peanut butter before she ate all the peanuts again. It was really quick and easy to make. But now I know why peanut butter is so high in calories, 1/2 cup of nuts made very little peanut butter, just enough for a sandwich and a couple of tasting nibbles.
While Mr. SirPrize ate his hard won sandwich I went on to play with some pecans in the food processor. Oh. My. I know why they don't market pecan butter because seriously people would harm each other for it. So very tasty, so very dangerous. I snapped a quick photo, snarfed some down then plopped it back in the food processor for something even more delicious and evil. I added cocoa powder and a sprinkle of sugar and suddenly, pecan nutella. Pecan nutella which I proceeded to eat with my back to a small child so I wouldn't have to share with him. That's normal right? We all do that right?
Basic Nut Butter Recipe
1/2 cup of nuts, your choice mix various nuts like walnuts, pecans, almonds
1/2 teaspoon of very good mild tasting oil
salt if desired
toast the nuts if desired by gently browning them in a dry frying pan over medium heat
let them cool
in the bowl of a food processor process the nuts with a drizzle of the oil, it really only takes a few drops
scrape down the bowl and process again
repeat two more times, add more oil as needed to make a more spreadable butter
add salt here if desired, process once more to blend it in
use right away or store in the fridge for two days
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| Pecan Butter |
So as you can see there are NO pictures of the pecan nutella because I ate the evidence and chances are hopefully I will NOT be making it again soon. I know my limits and that is why somethings can not live in my home, like nutella and pita chips.
Peace and Love--
3 comments, thoughts, ideas, random words or haikus:
Your post really made me smile and I love the idea of all those nut butters. And as for pecan chocolate nutella - what a wonderful invention! Thanks for sharing such a great idea!!
I think the standard of peanut butter is probably due to price. I can buy a whole jug of roasted peanuts for like $1.99, but a baking size bag of walnuts is like $8!!
I've always been curious about pecan butter b/c that's my favorite of the nuts. I would definitely eat it w/ my back to a small child, too.
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