This Amish Peanut Butter recipe, aka, Church Spread was pretty much a staple in our house when my kids were growing up. There are sooo many variations of this Amish Church Spread out there, but this is our favorite – tried and true.
As many or you may (or may not) know my dear hubby was born Amish and raised Mennonite. He is one of 9 children which is not surprising for an Amish family. They like to have lots of young’uns, ya know! When he and I got married, I was blessed to become a part of this big ole’ family. I won’t lie…it was a little intimidating at first. :0 But that quickly changed, and before I knew it I felt very much a part of the family too. :)
This Amish Peanut Butter recipe is one that has been in the family forever, and is in our family cookbook. I have to be honest and admit something here though – I tweaked it. YEP, I did!
Let me just say to the family members who contributed the recipe to the cookbook…I like y’all’s recipe. Really, I do. It’s just that I like mine…um…better.
To make Amish Peanut Butter: You’ll start by making a simple syrup of brown sugar and water, then you’ll add corn syrup, peanut butter, marshmallow creme, and flavoring. I cut the marshmallow creme by half from the original recipe, and I add a couple more spoonfuls of peanut butter. This cuts down on the sugar and allows the peanut butter to still be the star of the show. This also helps it to not be so sweet tasting. While it is supposed to be on the sweet side, it doesn’t have to be so extremely sweet.
One of our favorite ways to eat Amish Peanut Butter is to spread it on warm right-out-of-the-oven homemade bread. Oh, but it’s good on so many other things. It’s also yummy on biscuits, pancakes, waffles, saltine or graham crackers, apples, bananas, celery, and ice cream. You can eat it on about anything you would eat regular peanut butter on. Give it a try, and come back to tell us what you like to eat it with.
Amish Peanut Butter {Church Spread}
Ingredients
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups peanut butter plus 2 heaping tablespoons
- 7 ounces marshmallow creme
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla or maple flavoring I used maple this time, but use both regularly
Instructions
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In a saucepan combine sugar and water; bring to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes.
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Add flavoring and stir in the peanut butter, marshmallow creme and the corn syrup. Mix well and let cool. Delicious!
Can you please tell me the yield of Church Spread recipe. I would like to make this for Christmas gifts this year. Thank you.
Joan, I’m sorry I don’t have a precise answer on the yield, but I do know it fills several of the jelly or jam jars. I had mine in the 7.4 ounce Weck jars and it filled at least five of those. I hope this helps.
Is there a shelf life?
How do you seal it ?
I love this stuff, can you tell me if there is a shelf life, and how do you seal the jars?
Hi Anita! Good question! I really don’t have an actual shelf life for this recipe. To be honest it never makes it that long around here. In looking at the shelf life of each individual ingredient – peanut butter, marshmallow creme, corn syrup, etc. – I see that they are fairly long, so I’m thinking it should be fine for a while. You could divide the batch between two jars and put one in the refrigerator while you use up the other. Once it’s taken out of the fridge, I wouldn’t think you’d need to keep putting it back after each use as it will get stiff when cold and not spread well. Halving the recipe is also an option.
As far as sealing – I have never heard of this being canned. Mine was in jars because I was giving them away as gifts. Giving some of it away works well for me – then it’s not all sitting on the counter begging me to eat it. ;)
Thank you so much! This is a great recipe ?
I filled one quart jar and one small pizza sauce jar when I made it today…
Hi Angela! I’m so glad you like the recipe. It does make a rather large batch, but it’s great to have on hand. :) Thanks for stopping by!
I made this and forgot the corn syrup. It was still AMAZING. I added a bit of cinnamon (as I do with everything). I made it for gifts but I don’t think I can part with it.
Hi Vilda! Thanks for coming back and letting us know how much you love the recipe. I never thought of adding cinnamon. What a great idea! I’ll have to try that sometime.
Oh My Gosh!! This was heavenly! Thanks for sharing.
You are so welcome, Kristen! I’m glad you love it. Thanks so much for stopping by and letting me know! :)