How To Make Peanut Powder/Peanut Flour Easily (Not Peanut Butter)
Servings: 1 cup
This tutorial is to show the easy way to make peanut powder using roasted peanuts that you can use in your cooking, baking, smoothies, etc. All the tips you need to know so it won't turn into a paste or peanut butter.
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup roasted unsalted peanut or raw shelled peanuts
Instructions
If peanuts are raw:
- If you use unroasted peanuts, place them on a large skillet or wok and roast them over medium heat on a dry pan until they are slightly golden and smells really good
- You can also roast them in the oven. Preheat oven at 350 F for 15 minutes. Stir them once or twice during that time. Remove from the oven and let them cool down completely
- Remove from the heat and spread them out on a pan to let them cool down completely before blending. This is very important or they will turn into a paste when you process them later in a blender while they are still warm
Blend into a powder:
- Use a blender (a powerful one makes a difference) and please make sure it's dry. You can of course use a food processor too if that's all you have, but result may not be as fine in texture
- Turn the blender on or push "pulse" button if there's one and pulse for about 5 seconds and then stop. The peanuts won't be finely ground yet. Use a spoon or rubber spatula to loosen the bottom and sides. Make sure nothing sticks there. Then pulse again for another 5 seconds and loosen again. I know it's a bit fussy, but this is important because if you just keep pulsing without moving the peanut around, it will turn into peanut butter or paste.
- If you are happy with the consistency or how fine they are, you can stop here, if not you can pulse it maybe one more round. Take care not to overdoing it or the heat from pulsing the nuts will make the peanuts become oily and wet
Storing:
- Remove from the blender and transfer to a container. Don't close the lid just yet. I usually let it "cool" down after blending because sometimes it's still a bit warm. Then close the lid and you can store it in an airtight container and keep them in the fridge for up to 3 months
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