If I put peanuts in a coffee grinder, will I get peanut butter or peanut powder?
I know there a thousand different products you can make with peanuts. But, my local supermarket has one of these,
I'm wondering if the effect will be similar if I use my mini coffee-bean hand grinder.. You can find a picture of it here,
Best Answer
While the grinding of peanuts produces a paste we call peanut butter, a food processor may be slightly better equipped to handle them then a coffee grinder, especially if you want to blend coffee with it again. Peppercorns are harder and they can be done in a coffee grinder, but peanuts would likely result in a mess that would not easily be cleaned, and somewhat chunky peanut butter.
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As stated in the comments below you may get some good headway with a blender. I had a crappy blender at home, but peanuts may be easier to grind than thick smoothies. But again, cleaning may take some time afterwords. But blender would probably be more effective than a coffee grinder.
Peanut powder can be made by freezing the peanuts I believe, very cold. A part of the modern cuisine. I think you would need liquid nitrogen for it. Source from Tech stuff podcast, title of the podcast was Molecularly Gastronomical.
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Can you make peanut butter in a coffee grinder?
Coffee grinder is good for making small amount of peanut butter.Can nuts be ground in a coffee grinder?
A coffee grinder can grind nuts and spices, turning whole spices like nutmeg or cumin seeds into a fine powder. While blade grinders can grind nuts and spices in smaller batches, burr grinders can turn larger quantities into fine grinds. You can also grind herbs, breadcrumbs, and parmesan cheese.What is best for grinding nuts?
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What happens when you grind peanuts?
, the peanuts will turn into a powder. Not long after, it will begin to start looking a little clumpy. Eventually, the nuts will form into a ball that will move around your food processor for a while. The ball will eventually disappear, and it will begin to look very creamy (like peanut butter!)Home Made Peanut Butter | One Pot Chef
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I don't know what type of coffee grinder you have, but if there's the remotest chance of your efforts resulting in "Peanut Butter", you should ask yourself... "How in the world am I gonna clean this mess out of there"?
Yuk!
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