• 1/2 cup homemade extra crunchy peanut butter
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/2 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
• 1/2 tablespoon chopped cilantro
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (more or less to taste)
• 1 pound lean ground beef or turkey
• 4 hamburger buns

In a large bowl, whisk together the homemade extra crunchy peanut butter, lime juice, and soy sauce.  Add the ginger, cilantro, and cayenne pepper, blend well. Add the ground meat and mix well. Form into 4 patties. Grill, broil or pan fry. Serve on buns with your favorite Thai hot sauce and your choice of condiments. Enjoy!

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup chopped onions
• 1/2 cup red or green bell pepper
• 2-3 cloves minced garlic
• 1 and 1/2 cups chicken or vegetable broth
• 1/2 cup homemade peanut butter
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 10 oz. package frozen peas
• 1 cup couscous
• Salt and pepper

In a large saucepan heat the vegetable oil over medium heat. Add the onions, bell pepper, and garlic. Saute until just translucent. Add the broth and bring to a boil. Whisk in the homemade peanut butter and cumin, blend well. Taste and add salt and pepper to taste. Add the peas and bring to a boil. Stir in the couscous and return to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat, cover and let sit for about 5 minutes, until the liquid is absorbed. Fluff with a fork and serve. Enjoy this delicious peanut butter recipe!

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3-4 cloves of minced garlic
• 1 chopped red onion
• 1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped carrots
• 1 pound pork tenderloin, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
• 1/2 tablespoon paprika
• 1/2 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (more or less to taste)
• 1 chicken stock
• 1 cup homemade peanut butter
• salt and pepper

In a large saucepan, heat the vegetable oil over medium heat. Add the garlic, onion, bell pepper, and carrots. Saute  for about 2 minutes, stirring often. Add the pork, paprika, sugar, cumin, and cayenne pepper. Add salt and pepper to taste. Brown the pork on all sides. Add the chicken stock. Add the homemade peanut butter and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 25 minutes until the pork is tender. Taste, and add salt and pepper if desired. Serve with rice. Enjoy!

• 2 x packets of microwave popcorn, popped
• 1 cup homemade Peanut Butter
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 300°F. Spray a 13 x 9-inch pan with non-stick cooking spray.  Place popped popcorn in a very large bowl.  Combine homemade peanut butter, corn syrup, butter and salt in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Heat mixture, stirring constantly, until mixture begins to boil. Remove from heat, add vanilla and stir to combine. Pour warm homemade peanut butter mixture over popcorn, stirring gently to combine. When all popcorn appears evenly coated with peanut butter mixture, turn out onto the prepared pan, spreading to distribute evenly. Place pan in preheated oven and bake 20-25 minutes, stirring often. Remove from oven and allow to cool. May be stored in airtight container for up to one week! Enjoy this delicious peanut butter recipe with friends or for a tasty treat!

• 1/3 cup homemade Peanut Butter
• 1/4 cup sifted powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 8 ounces confectioners’ coating (white chocolate), broken up
• 1/2 cup Jif Creamy Peanut Butter

For this peanut butter recipe blend the 1/3 cup Jif, the powdered sugar and vanilla. Chill in your refrigerator. Using 1/2 teaspoon mixture for each, roll into 24 balls. Place in 1 1/2-inch paper bonbon cups. In a saucepan, melt confectioners’ coating and the 1/2 cup peanut butter over a medium heat, stirring constantly. Spoon into cups. Chill in your refrigerator. This peanut butter recipe makes 2 dozen peanut butter cups!

• 1 pkg. cake mix
• 1 cup homemade peanut butter
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup water
• 3 eggs
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 1/3 cup sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped peanuts

In a large mixing bowl, beat the cake mix, homemade peanut butter and brown sugar on low speed until crumbly. Set aside ½ cup of mixture. Add water, eggs and oil to remaining crumb mixture. Blend on low speed until moistened. Beat on high for 2 minutes, until the mixture is smooth. Stir ¼ cup of chocolate chips into the mixture. Pour into greased 9 x 13” pan. Combine peanuts, reserved crumb mixture and remaining chips. Sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350 degrees in oven for 40 to 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool completely and enjoy!!

It has been recorded that back in 1890 a physician from St. Louis who has remains nameless allegedly asked the owner of a food produce business name George A. Bayle Jr. to create and sell a ground up peanut paste for people with poor dental hygiene; this was aimed at people who wouldn’t properly chew meat. Bayle Jr. went onto automate the process and started to sell this ‘peanut butter’ straight out of barrels for approximately 6 cents a pound. It was around this time that a Dr. John Harvey Kellogg from Michigan had been experimenting with a similar paste from his home in the small town of Battle Creek. This paste was given out for vegetarians as a source of protein. Kellogg also had a brother who was a business man, the pair teamed up and shortly after opened ‘Sanitas Nut Company’ who then supplied it to grocery shops in the local area.

By 1903 a Doctor by the name of George Washington Carver had thought up over three hundred uses for peanuts to go along with the already developed peanut butter paste, he is considered now by numerous people to be the father of the peanut industry. At the Universal Exposition in St. Louis in 1904, C.H. Sumner first introduced his own brand of peanut butter to the globe. He then went onto sell $705.11 worth of it at his refreshment stand; it would seem that peanut butter was directly on course to becoming American’s favorite.

The oldest known peanut company that is still in business today is Krema Products Company which was founded in Columbus, Ohio. Their particular brand of peanut went on sale in 1908. The founder of the company, Benton Black stuck to his roots and originally used the motto “I refuse to sell outside of Ohio.” As touching as this was for his local consumers it also had a practical origin as the produce would very quickly spoil inside the barrels and as a road system hadn’t been created Ohio really was the only place he could sell it.

Smoother peanut butter was being churned (compared with the usual gritty butters available at that time) by Joseph L. Rosefield from his company in California back in 1922, receiving the first ever patent for a peanut butter with a longer shelf life. The peanut butter he produced would stay fresh for approximately one year due to his unique treatment of it where the oil wouldn’t divide from the peanut butter.

The process was quickly adopted by Swift & Company for its E.K. Pond brand peanut butter which was renamed as Peter Pan by 1928. A dispute opened between Rosefield and Peter Pan but it was Rosefield that went on to create the first ever ‘crunchy style’ peanut butter which was produced by mixing the chopped peanuts into a creamy soft butter at the last stages of its production. It wasn’t until Procter & Gambled were introduced to the peanut world by their acquisition of W.T. Young Foods from Lexington in Kentucky. They were the creators of Big Top Peanut Butter. They also launched Jif by 1958 and have go on to own the world’s biggest ever peanut butter factory which manufactures over two hundred and fifty thousand jars each day.

Trust a huge corporation to take something as straightforward and delicious as peanut butter and debase it. All that is needed to make the perfect peanut butter is one key ingredient: Dry roasted peanuts. Previously there was no good way to make it homemade so a trip the shops were inevitable, but not anymore. Now you can easily make your own tasty peanut butter homemade with the peanut butter machine. With an amazing gadget like the Giles & Posner peanut butter machine you can harness the power of freshly ground butters from the comfort of your own kitchen. All you need to do is put some unsalted dry roasted peanuts into the top of the Giles & Posner peanut butter machine and turn the grinder on. Sit back and relax while the fresh, warm loveliness comes out.

There really is no cheaper, healthier and just plain tastier way to enjoy freshly made peanut butter than with a peanut butter machine. It even has the option to control the output texture of the peanut butter, you can choose from one of two options. Either have the peanut butter in a fine ‘smooth’ paste or enjoy it on the more familiar ‘chunky’ setting where the butter comes out in a thicker, almost shop bought consistency. Make your own recipes and indulge in whatever comes to mind by adding extra ingredients or purely just enjoy the classic taste of freshly made peanut butter with your peanut butter machine today!

• The first step is to mix together the butter or margarine with your homemade peanut butter and then add in all the sugars together.
• Then simply stir in the flower to make thick dough.
• Shape your mixture into as many different cookie shapes as you require
• Space them out on a baking tray remembering to flatten the mixture down with spoon or knife
• You’ll need to bake your tray(s) for approximately 15 minutes at 200ºC/400ºF
• Wait until they are the perfect peanut butter cookie colour, personally I’d say a nice pale brown.

Make sure you leave them to cool and then you can get round to the most enjoyable part…
Eating them!