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It has come to my attention that not everyone who would otherwise enjoy eating one-ingredient peanut butter (salt- and sugar-free, "natural" (sigh)) has cracked the code of how to tame it into usability. And no, "store upside down and stir before using" will not cut it. Let's go!
Step zero: store this thing upside down the whole time you have it in your house. I wish they'd affix the labels "upside down" like on cranberry sauce.
Now, gather your tools. Butter knife, whisk, and plate.
Now, gather your tools. Butter knife, whisk, and plate.
Yes use a plate. You'll thank me later. While you get the hang of this, you risk flooding oil over the top of the jar and damning me to hell. Easier to clean a plate than the counter/floor.
The butter knife will make the lining seal thingy way easier to take off too.
Unless you have a lucky jar and your first picture had ONLY clear oil at the top (ie bottom), dig around in the bottom of the jar to scrape some really solid butter off the bottom, and give it a quick stir.
Here's the part my mom and @jonlovett and other haters were missing. Blend the heck out of that entire brand new jar with a whisk until you have a completely homogeneous mix. I find a mix of up/down and twists work best.
Beautiful. As easy to spread as shelf-stable, even right out of the fridge, and healthy by more definitions, without that salt and sugar added.
Do your future self a favour and wipe your jar clean if you had a spill. Don't hate me because your hand gets oily every time you grab the jar when you could instead just clean the jar.
"Store upside down" still applies. Depending on brand or batch you may be able to swap it around after it's about half empty, but whatever, just keep it upside down.
You may still like to stir it a bit, but nothing like you'd have to without this initial time investment.
You may still like to stir it a bit, but nothing like you'd have to without this initial time investment.
Enjoy! Retweet to save a diet. (We all agree "natural" peanut butter is healthy now, right?)
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