How to stir peanut butter in 30 seconds.

[Jstpssng]

You guys like peanut butter a whole lot more than I do... there's a full jar and a partial in my cupboard which hasn't moved in at least a year and a half. It is all natural though, I believe that it says "Refrigerate after opening."

If you really want something which will seem like it's from the past try organic Catsup. It has sugar instead of high fructose, and I can actually taste the tomatoes.

 

[JethroB]

I remember in the elementary school lunchroom being served a dollop of a peanut butter & honey mixture. I suppose it fit into one of the food groups somewhere? Surplus items from USDA. One of the lunchroom ladies (gotta be in her 90s now) lives nearby so maybe I can ask her the professional mixing method.

 

[goeduck]

Growing up we normally used honey on peanut butter sandwiches and jam on toast. PB&H not PB&J for me. Best when the Hiney saturates the bread a little.

EDIT. Honey saturates the bread :confused2:

 

[sixdogs]

Here's another something Learned that makes a big difference in mixing peanut butter quickly and efficiently. When starting out, and before using the electric drill, I often have to use a butter knife to dislodge the solid mass at the bottom of the jar.
On a lark, before I mixed the last batch I put the sealed jars in warm water and let them sit for maybe an hour and keeping the water warm. The PB was much softer and easier to use. The warmth of the water made mixing much easier.

Also, know that we store our PB from the store upside down until needed. That way, the oil is on the bottom of the jar and is easier to mix. Especially so since the warming of the PB before starting makes it easier as well.

 

[tallyho8]

I only buy the Smuckers 100% peanut butter. It has just 2 ingredients, roasted peanuts and less than 1% salt. I alternate buying the creamy and crunchy but usually prefer the taste of the crunchy. Most peanut butters drain off the expensive peanut oil and sell it and fill your jar with cheap palm or soybean oil. This removes some of the peanut taste from the butter too.

Don't waste your money buying the "organic" marked ones because the "unorganic" peanuts are just as healthy and tasty.

In my drill I use a long allen wrench like A/C men use to remove fan blades and squirrel cages and it works great for stirring up the peanut butter to mix the oil evenly with it. Then I store the jar upside down and it doesn't need much mixing the next time.

 

[BravoXray]

Growing up we normally used honey on peanut butter sandwiches and jam on toast. PB&H not PB&J for me. Best when the Hiney saturates the bread a little.

EDIT. Honey saturates the bread :confused2:

A little Freudian slip there?

 

[masscity]

I've been eating Smucker's Crunchy for about 10 years now. I bought a manual peanut butter mixer from Amazon that works ok.

I just put a cheap electric mixer with dough hooks on my Amazon wish list, now it will go quicker. Thanks to this thread.

 

[sixdogs]

I've been eating Smucker's Crunchy for about 10 years now. I bought a manual peanut butter mixer from Amazon that works ok.

I just put a cheap electric mixer with dough hooks on my Amazon wish list, now it will go quicker. Thanks to this thread.

There's more I've learned to make mixing easier. First, store the peanut butter upside down while in storage. That way, it's easier to mix because there isn't a dry spot at the bottom of the jar.
Second, before you open the jars, put them in warm water for an hour or so. The wrmed PB mixes much easier.

 

[oosik]

OR - how to make a HOLY MESS in 15 seconds or less. I carefully put the "implement" in the rechargeable drill.

Into the big 'ol jar of peanutbutter. Hit the trigger. An almighty "WOOOSH". It pulled ALL the PB out of that jar and flung it all over the kitchen.

Guess the "implement" was not a dough hook. DUH...........

 

[turnkey4099]

A little Freudian slip there?

I knew that meaning, but floating around in what little is left of mhy brain was 'female donkey". Looked it up but NO. Still think there is a word somewhat similar for that last definition.