"Puester" > wrote in message
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> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
>> I just made peanut butter from dry roasted peanuts, a little honey, a
>> little oil, a little salt, with my food processor. If the ingredients
>> don't, in and of themselves, require refrigeration, why does the end
>> product need to be refrigerated.
>>
>> All responses I see will be read with interest.
>
>
> I hadn't thought about the oil separating out as a reason for
> refrigeration.
> I always assumed that peanut and other nut butters wouldn't get rancid
> as quickly if they were refrigerated.

The oil will still separate out even if refrigerated. You have to stir it
each time before using.

I think you are right about the nut butter going rancid. The shelf stable
kind have added oils of different kinds to keep them from going rancid and
to keep from having to stir them.