How to Make Creamy Homemade Peanut Butter

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This homemade peanut butter comes together easily in a food processor. It tastes unbelievably fresh, velvety creamy, and irresistibly nutty. Yum!

Posted byKathryne Tayloron January 16, 2025

Peanut butter lovers: Have you ever tried making your own?I don’t know what took me so long! It’sso easyto whirl up in a food processor, and the flavor is incredible. Take your PB&J to a whole new level with homemade peanut butter.

Homemade peanut butter is lusciously creamy, with deep, irresistible peanut flavor.Best of all, there’s no grittiness and no annoying pool of oil to stir back in. It tops every store-bought option I’ve tried in both flavor and texture—and I’ve tried them all!

With homemade peanut butter, you’re fully in charge of the ingredients.There’s no need for sugar if you prefer unsweetened (though I’ve included sweetening options below). And there’s definitely no need for hydrogenated vegetable oil or palm oil—my dry-roasted peanuts blended into silky, creamy oblivion all on their own.

If you’re curious about making your own peanut butter, this recipe is for you!Below you’ll find tips, variations, and the full recipe—plus a video so you can watch the whole thing come together.

My Best Homemade Peanut Butter Tips

Peanut butter on toast has been a breakfast mainstay for as long as I can remember. I once begged my mom to ship peanut butter across the ocean during a semester abroad in France. Turns out, all you really need is peanuts and a food processor to make your own.

Start with Unsalted Dry-Roasted Peanuts.

Usually, for nut butters, I start with raw nuts and roast them myself before blending. Lately, though, unroasted peanuts have been tricky to find. Dry-roasted peanuts are the perfect solution. Oiled nuts would technically work, but you’d be adding an unnecessary ingredient to your peanut butter.

Choose unsalted peanuts so you can dial in the salt yourself. Double-check the ingredient list before buying (the only thing listed should be peanuts) and taste one before blending. Bad peanuts make bad peanut butter—simple as that.

Use Your Food Processor, Not a Blender.

I’m still firmly on team Food Processor for nut butters, peanut butter included. Nut butters are so thick that blenders—even great ones likemy Vitamix—need a lot of hands-on help to get going. It’s far easier to dump the nuts intomy food processorand let the machine do the work.

I’m happy to report that peanut butter blends far more easily than my othernut butter recipes. Once you’ve made it, you’ll be eager to try them all!

Watch How to Make Peanut Butter

Peanut Butter Flavor Variations

Try one, or try them all! The crunchy cinnamon-honey peanut butter sounds especially wonderful to me.

Naturally Sweetened Peanut Butter

Honey and peanut butter are sheer perfection together, but maple syrup is also fantastic. With homemade, you have full control over the sweetness. I found 1 teaspoon to be lightly sweet, 2 teaspoons noticeably sweet with barely-there honey flavor (it thickens the mixture quite a bit!), and 1 tablespoon tastes like a treat, with a gentle honey note.

Cinnamon Peanut Butter

Try adding ground cinnamon for a warming, cozy spice. Use 1/2 teaspoon for subtle flavor, or up to 1 tablespoon if you’re a devoted cinnamon lover.

Crunchy Peanut Butter

For a little crunch, reserve about 3/4 cup of the peanuts. Blend the rest as directed, then add the reserved peanuts back to the processor and pulse just until they’re broken into small bits.

Mixed Nut Butter

Substitute almonds, cashews, pecans, walnuts, or pistachios for some of the peanuts.

Peanut Butter Serving Suggestions

I love peanut butter for breakfast.It’s hard to beat peanut butter slathered on toast! To take it up a notch, drizzle it with honey. Stir a generous dollop into your morning oats for extra heartiness—try myovernight oats,oatmeal, andsteel-cut oats.

My toddler’s favorite snack isapple slices with peanut butter dip—just stir a generous spoonful into some Greek yogurt. Add a drizzle of honey or a sprinkle of cinnamon if you’d like.

Turn your peanut butter into something sweet,likePeanut Butter Oat Cookies,Monster Cookies,orChocolate Peanut Butter Crispy Bars. You can also use it to make myEasy No-Bake Granola Bars.

Peanut butter can go savory, too.Makepeanut butter dipping sauceand serve it withspring rolls,or drizzle it over thesemango burrito bowls. Or try myVegetarian Peanut Soup!

Of course, we can’t forget theclassic peanut butter and jelly sandwich,which makes a regular appearance in my daughter’s lunch box. You’ll find moreuses for peanut butter here.

More Nut Butters to Try

Please let me know how your peanut butter turns out in the comments!I always love hearing from you.

Homemade Peanut Butter

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This peanut butter recipe is wonderfully easy to make in a food processor. Homemade peanut butter tastes fresh, silky creamy, and irresistibly peanutty. You’re going to love it! Recipe yields 16 ounces of peanut butter (about 2 cups).

Ingredients

Instructions

Notes

Raw peanut option:To roast your own peanuts, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Spread shelled peanuts across a large, rimmed baking sheet and toast for 10 to 20 minutes, until beautifully fragrant, stirring every 5 minutes. Let the peanuts cool until just warm to the touch (not hot) before blending.

Crunchy peanut butter:Reserve about 3/4 cup of the peanuts. Blend the rest as directed, then return the reserved peanuts to the processor and pulse just until they’re broken into small bits.

Make it vegan:Skip the honey. Sweeten with maple syrup instead, if desired.

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