How to Make Patsy's Organic Peanut Butter

Hello! I'm excited to post my second blog post, on how to make my organic peanut butter!

From the beginning of the process to the final product, it takes a maximum of an hour and thirty minutes to make my peanut butter. However, this depends on the quantity of peanuts and ingredients I have. I've been using the same process since my childhood, when I began making peanut butter. Making peanut butter is a part of our informal education in Uganda; though it was not taught in school, it was a crucial part of my learning at home from my elders. My mother taught me how to cook starting at the age of 6 years old, including this peanut butter recipe I've detailed below!

1. Gather the ingredients, including peanuts and simsim (sesame) seeds. 
2. Clean the peanuts and simsim, and sort them. 
3. Roast or fry the simsim and peanuts. In Uganda, we use charcoal stoves, however no matter what heat source you're using you need to use a medium heat to roast or fry the seeds to avoid burning. The peanuts are done when they are golden brown, after 10-15 minutes. The simsim are done when you can crush them in their hand, once they have cooled. 
4. Remove the seeds and peanuts from the fire or stove, and leave them to cool for 5-10 minutes.
5. Remove husks from peanuts. This is done manually with your hands.
6. Mix the peanuts without their husks and the fried simsim together.
7. Grind the peanuts and simsim together. I use a stone or another hard object to crush the peanuts and seeds, against a stone slab. You can use any hard objects you
   may have at home and a flat surface. This step takes about 30 minutes to one hour if done manually. In a factory, with use of machines it takes about 15 minutes, adding more and more peanuts and simsim over time.
8. Finally, once all the peanuts and simsim have been ground into peanut butter, they can be packaged however you like. Unrefigerated, my peanut butter has a shelf life of four months.
9. Enjoy on bread, bananas, chapati, cookies, whatever you like!

In Uganda, we use g-nuts, a nut similar to peanuts, to make peanut butter products. However, peanuts work just the same for my recipe! I hope you enjoy!