Peanut Butter 'n' Bretzeln

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup raw peanuts
• 1 -2 tablespoon honey, to taste (i used a local wildflower honey but you can substitute agave for vegan version)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 -2 tablespoon safflower oil, to desired consistency (or other bland oil like peanut oil)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt (may not need this because the pretzels have plenty of salt)
• 1/4 cup small pretzels (mini pretzels that i found in the bulk food section)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 roast the peanuts on a parchment-lined baking sheet until medium brown (for added richness of flavor we roast the peanuts on the darker side of brown), approximately 20-25 minutes. stir peanuts every 10 minutes or so and rotate baking sheet. be careful not to burn!
• 3 cool peanuts for about ten minutes, then place the peanuts and the remaining ingredients *except* for the pretzels in a food processor. process to desired consistency. you made need to add more oil to get the peanuts to blend better. note: this particular peanut butter is on the dry side. it is not oily as most commercially prepared peanut butters are.
• 4 put the pretzels in a ziploc-type bag or plastic grocery bag. close.
• 5 make a fist and crush the pretzels into small pieces. stir into the peanut butter.
• 6 adjust seasonings if necessary.
• 7 enjoy!
• 8 keep covered and refrigerated.