Super Seed Peanut Butter From Scratch

A recipe for healthy peanut butter from scratch with super seeds. It's full of texture and flavour.

If you've got a food processor, then homemade peanut butter is ridiculously easy to make from scratch.

It's made even better with the addition of super seeds like chia seeds, sesame, pumpkin and sunflower. They bring extra texture and flavour and are full of vitamins.

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• Homemade super seed peanut butter
• The ingredients
• The equipment
• Step by step instructions
• Uses for the super seed peanut butter
• Homemade peanut butter FAQs
• Full Recipe

Homemade super seed peanut butter

This seed peanut butter recipe is inspired by one of my favourite NZ peanut butter types called 'everything butter' by Fix & Fogg.

It's super tasty but also a bit expensive (especially if you eat a lot of it!) so I wanted to make my own version that's a bit easier on the wallet.

The ingredients

The ingredients in this healthy peanut butter recipe are predominantly peanuts, which are blended first until creamy. Then the rest of the seeds are added along with a hint of sesame oil to enhance the flavour, and a touch of honey.

The super seeds (and a small number of extra peanuts) that are added at the end are only blended lightly. This way they stay chunky (like in crunchy peanut butter) and make a great contrast to the creamy peanut butter base.

• Peanuts - Dry roasted, salted or unsalted. If you use salted you won't need to add more salt at the end.
• Chia seeds - full of fiber and omega-3 fatty acids
• Sunflower seeds - fibre, protein and plenty of vitamins and minerals
• Pumpkin seeds - Good source of protein, iron, calcium and beta-carotene plus more!
• Sesame seeds - a source of selenium, copper, iron and zinc
• Sesame oil - only ½ a teaspoon is needed but it lifts the flavour a lot
• Honey - optional, but a little sweetness is a nice contrast to the saltiness of the peanuts
• Salt - if using unsalted peanuts, you'll need to add a little salt to enhance the flavour.

The equipment

You'll need a good food processor or blender for this peanut butter recipe. The peanuts are ground for a long time until runny and creamy.

It takes around 10 minutes, so you want a blender where the motor can handle a long blend time like that.

Step by step instructions

Add the peanuts to a food processor. Blend for 5-10 minutes until it becomes smooth, creamy and runny. During the blending process, the peanuts will change from crumbly to thick, to finally becoming runny as the oils in the peanuts release.

Add in the sesame oil, honey and salt (if using unsalted peanuts) and blend until smooth. Taste and add more sweetness and salt as needed.

Add in the seeds and extra peanuts and pulse it a few times to roughly chop and incorporate them.

Transfer the peanut butter to a jar and store it in the pantry for up to a month or in the fridge for up to three months.

If stored in the refrigerator it will become stiffer than if stored in the pantry. You can soften it up again by placing the jar in a bowl of warm water.

Uses for the super seed peanut butter

• Slathered on a piece of sourdough bread - Either sourdough sandwhich bread or a regualr sourdough loaf!
• Eat it on apple slices
• Add it to ice cream
• Make peanut butter cookies or peanut butter slice!

If you're after another nut butter, try this homemade chocolate hazelnut spread!

Homemade peanut butter FAQs