Make your own peanut butter in 6 easy steps

Tasty & healthy peanut butter recipe

The more delicious and healthy peanut butter gets eaten, the happier we are! Peanut butter deserves to be put in a spotlight, right? Making your own peanut butter is super easy – yet another wonderful thing about it!

What you'll need:

400g peanuts
1 tablespoon coconut oil (you can also use sunflower or olive oil)
Optional: a pinch of sea salt (just a tiny bit)
Optional: your favourite flavour twist – like chilli paste or chocolate sprinkles

Step 1: The peanuts

Sadly, the tastiest peanuts for making peanut butter – the so-called “runner type” (small peanuts) – are hard to come by. A nut specialist shop might have them, but even there it’s tricky. While you're at it, ask for raw peanuts too – that’s the ultimate base for the best peanut butter.

Step 2: Roasting

If you're using raw peanuts, roast them for 16 minutes at 180°C on a flat baking tray. A little shorter or longer is fine depending on how dark you like them – experiment a bit! If your peanuts are already roasted, you can still pop them in the oven for another 5 minutes at 180°C – most shop-bought ones are only lightly roasted. Freshly roasted peanuts taste so much better. We love a dark roast ourselves!
⚠️ Be careful not to leave them in too long – they’ll continue to cook for around 5 minutes after coming out of the oven, and will get darker.

Step 3: Grinding / Blending

If you’ve got a pestle and mortar at home, you can grind the peanuts completely smooth – the peanut butter will be super silky. With a blender or food processor, you’ll end up with tiny pieces of peanut throughout – which is also really tasty. In that case, start by adding the oil and salt (if using), then gradually add the peanuts. Blend until smooth and uniform – in a food processor or blender, this takes around 7 minutes.

Step 4: Mixing in

Want to add another ingredient? Now’s the time! Mix it in well, but keep in mind that more ingredients don’t always mean better flavour. Same goes for too much of one thing. Try a little at a time to see if it’s still tasty.
Need some inspiration? Try our taster pack with 10 different flavour combos!
Come up with a brilliant mix? Do let us know – we’d love to hear about it!

Step 5: The perfect finishing touch

Homemade peanut butter tastes amazing on a slice of freshly baked bread with a thick layer of real butter – oh yes! You've just made a jar of peanut butter that contains:

no palm oil
low salt
no stabilisers
no sugar
Hard work done – time to relax and enjoy it!

Step 6: Shelf life

Store your peanut butter in a jar with a good airtight seal. Do keep in mind that homemade peanut butter doesn’t last as long as shop-bought – about a month is your limit. But of course, fresh is best!
Want it to last a bit longer? Keep it in the fridge – that’ll stretch it by another week.

Too much effort after all? We don’t blame you! We’re more than happy to do it for you. You can find our homemade peanut butter right here!