Peanut Butter

This is easypeasy recipe for homemade peanut butter will keep the kids busy, happy and shiny! In the old days, peanuts were grown on the plantations on Curacao, together with corn and beans.

What you’ll need for peanut butter:
500gr peanuts, raw and shelled
1 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons peanut oil
1 teaspoon honey

Preheat the oven to 175C.
Roast the shelled raw peanuts on a baking sheet in the oven for 15 – 20 minutes until golden brown. Rock ‘n roll the peanuts each 5 minutes so that they roast on all sides.
Let the roasted peanuts cool down a little.
Put the slightly warm peanuts to a food processor and whizz ’em up for about 30 seconds, until they’ve gone a bit grainy. Add the salt, oil and honey and whizz for another minute or so or until the mixture gets a creamy texture. Pause the whizzing for a short while to scrape the bits and pieces off the side. Whizz for another minute or 2 until you get the creamy peanut butter consistency, if you want you can gradually add a little more peanut oil for extra smoothness.

Peanut butter is delicious on a slice of fresh bread with some homemade jam, sliced banana, or even apple!