How to stir peanut butter in 30 seconds.

[tallyho8]

I missed your original post 4 years ago and have had a hard time stirring up my Smuckers 100% pb. Why didn't I think of that? I wonder if a paddle bit will work ok?

 

[sixdogs]

I missed your original post 4 years ago and have had a hard time stirring up my Smuckers 100% pb. Why didn't I think of that? I wonder if a paddle bit will work ok?

Not positive on the paddle but but I tried several and the dough hook worked the best. I don't see the paddle working well.
Around here, hand held dough hooks are plentiful in the thrift stores.

 

[goeduck]

This might work on your hand held mixer

 

[Bird]

Our mixer came with a dough hook that I don't think has ever been used.:laughing:

 

[sixdogs]

Our mixer came with a dough hook that I don't think has ever been used.:laughing:

Look, Bird, you like peanut butter, have a dough hook and an electric drill. Maybe this is a sign?

 

[Frankenkubota]

I'm the OP on this and have an update worth noting. The Costco 100% peanut butter I use is smooth. No crunchy and I like crunchy. Now, you can buy Smucker's 100% PB that's crunchy but it's not always available.

So, we got some jars of dry roasted unsalted peanuts on sale and an extra two empty jars to handle the combined product overflow. We split the Costco creamy PB into three jars so we had space, got a plastic bag to smash the nuts in and a kitchen hammer. I smashed the nuts into pieces and added them to the plain PB. Actually starting the jar with crushed nuts first and then layering back and forth up to 3/4 full with smooth PB worked the best. Then, hit it with the electric drill to mix. We found the more added peanuts the better. Go crazy. Commercial crunchy PB is woefully lacking in added nuts and too much salt.

So, I now have crunchy PB to my specs, PB and strawberry sandwiches at my command and a smile on my face.



Note: when you crush the peanuts, put in a big zip-lock bag and whack away. Do it without the contained bag and 98% will be on the floor and 2% somewhere else. You don't have to zip the bag shut and start with smaller amounts.

I live on crunchy PB, tv dinners, popcorn and metamusal. I have never used the stove or oven in camper, not even sure if they work?

Maybe the term tv dinner belongs on the grampa tell me about the old days thread.

I like your idea but it defeats my goal of spending as little time in the kitchen as possible.

 

[sixdogs]

I live on crunchy PB, tv dinners, popcorn and metamusal. I have never used the stove or oven in camper, not even sure if they work?
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I like your idea but it defeats my goal of spending as little time in the kitchen as possible.

That's the beauty of this. Get a portable drill and head outside. Problem solved.

 

[Tinhack]

Love peanuts, love PB but hate crunchy PB. Myself and my family grew up on what we called "Gooshy-Goshy" sandwiches. GG is made by a healthy scoop of PB (Jiff preferred) in a cup. Add about 2tbs. of maple syrup and mix well. But don't dilly-dally. The mix will harden and tear the bread if you wait too long. Spread over bread and enjoy. I prefer to dip my GG sandwich halves in a glass of milk. Been that way since 1956. :licking:

 

[jmc]

A friend And I lived out of an Econoline one summer, traveling the Western US. We bought a big tin bucket of cheap peanut butter and whatever lilly white bread was on sale. Between Las Vegas and Needles, CA, it was hot enough that we could "pour" our sandwiches. So heating up the peanut butter to 100 -115 F or so might eliminate the need for a drill...

 

[Bird]

Since I mixed a batch of peanut butter with grape jelly and honey, it ain't bad cold, but I like to warm it up, which also thins it, and yesterday I was just using it for a dip with my Tostito Corn Chips. Mighty tasty.