can I powder peanuts with this?
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I believe you can do anything in this blender. It has a lot of speeds on it. I don't see why not
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Yes, but dont use many. Once it make some powder then try to add more p-nuts.
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This grinder is for dry grains and such. Not meant for wet or oily foods like nuts or peanuts. The best peanut butter I've had came out of a typical kitchen food processor. Roast your peanuts, toss in a food processor, set on high... let it go until you get the consistency you want, add salt. Done.
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The blender will not grind nuts into powder as there is a lot of oil contained in nuts; this blender will grind nuts into nut butter; ie., peanuts into peanut butter. The blender will also grind coffee beans. If coffee beans are ground too fine, the coffee brewed from such fine ground beans will taste unpleasantly bitter.
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It could grind nuts into a powder or fine grist @ least. As for butter... I'm not surehow it would handle the addition of liquid??? You would then have to PRESS the butter down and into the shoot.
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Yes, with qualifications. The instructions say to mix just before eating, so if you made your sandwich ahead of time (like night before) I don't know if it would be weird (I've never pre-mixed the powder, so I don't know why it's not recommended). But the flavor is perfect, pb2 is just peanuts, so that makes sense. The texture is thick and creamy, so yes, I think it would make a great pb2&j.;
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It does much better with dry ingredients than wet. Just tried it with peanuts and it worked well. The only problem I encountered is that while some nuts were ground fine, others were hardly touched. Good idea to shake the container half way through.
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I'm not sure BUT we did use it for dry roasted peanuts and for M&M; peanuts without any problem. I would guess pistachios would work. I disagree with the other comment about M&M; peanuts. I got the idea from a B&B; we stayed in and they used one dispenser for regular M&M;'s and one for M&M; peanuts and we never had a problem. I say go for it but be prepared to eat a lot of M&M;'s!!!! My wife goes through a lot and has to put the dispenser away for a while. LOL!
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Although I love my mini processor I don't know if it would grind into powder. You might try a coffee bean grinder. I use that for my fresh nutmeg and the like.
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I have not used it to make peanut butter from raw nuts, but it did puree dried figs (quartered and soaked in Marsala) very nicely. It should work on nuts.
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I would be hard to do because you would have to crunch it up first. Some of the contents or seeds. It is not a powder mix
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Hello,You could put some powder into the water and stir to mix well. Furthermore, powder is good for nutrition's absorption and good for our health. It also can be used in ice cream and cakes. Thanks!
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Yes, but you have to pack it in tightly and pulse it sporadically so it won't liquify. I have only tried it with whole almonds and it seems to work fine that kind of nut. Good luck!
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Have never used yet to make peanut butter, I would say no and a definite no for trying to crush ice.It is a VERY nice, heavy duty hand blender... makes great salsa, mashed potatoes, puréed.
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I use it to grind peanuts into peanut butter all the time. I tried to grind pretzels once for something and it was a MESS; I had pretzel dust all over my kitchen. So it worked good for oily hard things like nuts, but not for drier ingredients like pretzels or I'm guessing wheat berries.
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Hi Ken,I've never tried. I bought the pillow because I'm always looking for a cooler pillow temperature to soothe my fevered brow. I think the little pellets are the same material as packing peanuts so you could try nuking them first.
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not sure because they give off moisture and if you get too much moisture in there it might ruin the powder. But you could try a little in a different container and see what happens
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Actually, I do use the "Premier Wonder, 1.5L" to make peanut butter. You just have to take it easy on the machine by putting the seeds into a food processor and chopping them for a solid minute. Then, add the powdered seeds to the grinder very slowly. Also, keep the fastening nut kind of loose for awhile until you see that the seeds are smooth and becoming liquid. At that point you can add more powder, slowly. Note that this will only work on oily seeds. If there is not enough fat content in the seeds, it will never be a liquid. Peanuts are 50% fat/oil, so they work well. Sunflower seeds are also roughly 50% fat, sesame seeds are just a little less, so I would expect them both to work. Actually, I do use the "Premier Wonder, 1.5L" to make peanut butter. You just have to take it easy on the machine by putting the seeds into a food processor and chopping them for a solid minute. Then, add the powdered seeds to the grinder very slowly. Also, keep the fastening nut kind of loose for awhile until you see that the seeds are smooth and becoming liquid. At that point you can add more powder, slowly. Note that this will only work on oily seeds. If there is not enough fat content in the seeds, it will never be a liquid. Peanuts are 50% fat/oil, so they work well.... » Read More Actually, I do use the "Premier Wonder, 1.5L" to make peanut butter. You just have to take it easy on the machine by putting the seeds into a food processor and chopping them for a solid minute. Then, add the powdered seeds to the grinder very slowly. Also, keep the fastening nut kind of loose for awhile until you see that the seeds are smooth and becoming liquid. At that point you can add more powder, slowly. Note that this will only work on oily seeds. If there is not enough fat content in the seeds, it will never be a liquid. Peanuts are 50% fat/oil, so they work well. Sunflower seeds are also roughly 50% fat, sesame seeds are just a little less, so I would expect them both to work. « Show Less