Chocolate peanut butter

Ingredients

• 2 cups peanuts (shelled and skinned)
• 1 1/4 cup icing sugar
• 2 - 4 tablepsoons vegetable oil
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt (optional if peanuts are already salted)

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Preparation

• Start by roasting peanuts . Preheat oven to 400 F. Put peanuts in a single layer on a baking tray.
• Roast in oven for 10 minutes, rattling them a bit halfway through.
• (You can do this step for pre-roasted peanuts too. Put your peanuts in the oven for 5 minutes to deepen their flavor, taking care not to burn them.)
• Put the peanuts and 1 tbsp oil in a food processor. Grind the peanuts for around five minutes. Initially the peanuts will be very coarse.
• If the mixture seems very dry, add a some more oil and keep grinding until the peanuts become paste.
• Yes, peanuts will turn to a paste if they are continued to be processed. Scrape down the sides as required.
• Add the sugar, cocoa powder and 1 tablepsoons oil and grind again. Keep processing until the sugar and cocoa powder is mixed thoroughly.
• You may add more oil if the mixture does not mix properly or is too thick. Store in a clean glass jar in the refrigerator.