Peanut butter

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Peanut butter is ground roasted peanuts transformed into a smooth, spreadable paste—sometimes enriched with salt, sweeteners, or emulsifiers to shape its character. This nutrient-dense foundation of protein, vitamins, and minerals shows up everywhere: smeared across toast, swirled into morning smoothies, baked into cookies and brownies, or paired with jelly between two slices of bread. It's the most-reached-for among nut butters, a quiet workhorse that moves between breakfast, lunch, and dessert without fanfare.

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Peanut butter is a food paste or spread made from ground, dry-roasted peanuts. It commonly contains additional ingredients that modify the taste or texture, such as salt, sweeteners, or emulsifiers. Consumed in many countries, it is the most commonly used of the nut butters, a group that also includes cashew butter and almond butter. Peanut butter is a nutrient-rich food containing high levels of protein, several vitamins, and dietary minerals. It is typically served as a spread on bread, toast, or crackers and used to make sandwiches (notably the peanut butter and jelly sandwich). It is also used in a number of breakfast dishes and desserts, such as granola, smoothies, crepes, cookies, brownies, and croissants.

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