Mizmun Makes: Mixed Nut butter

So this week I did a mixed nut butter as part of the Spread 'em set of recipes. I decided on doing this as a fast recipe that would be easy to write up so that I can focus on other responsibilities and so that I have time to plan for some very special recipes coming up. The mixed nut butter also serves as a proof of concept for other flavors that will come out at some point most likely after a lot of the holiday season is over with.

Mixed Nut Butter

A tasty blend of various nuts that have been roasted and salted.

Ingredients:
1 cup mixed nuts (I used pre-roasted and salted nuts for this recipe as a means of saving time feel free to roast and salt nuts to your desired level if you want.)
1-2 tablespoons vegetable oil (use more for a thinner sauce consistency or less for a thicker spread consistency)
1-2 teaspoons white sugar (Optional ingredient! [for a sweeter nut butter add in more.])

Instructions:
place mixed nuts in a food processor
chop nuts until a fine chop consistency (about 1 minute) reserve anywhere from a 1/4 to 1/2 cup of the chopped nuts if you want a chuck consistency
add sugar to the chopped nuts in the processor
continue to process the nuts while slowly adding the vegetable oil until creamy
add reserved nuts back into the mixture if you reserved some

Suggestions:
try using honey, brown sugar, molasses or your favorite sweetener instead of white sugar.
Can it and give it as a gift along with fruit preserves, dried fruit, wine, summer sausage, and cheese for a nice picnic basket.
use it instead of regular peanut butter for a little
verity in your PB&J sandwiches.