Goin' Nutty Honey

[stickmaker]

Both peanut butter and honey have long shelf lives. I used to love mixing those for sandwiches and to put on crackers for snacks. Now that my gut is doing better I'm actually starting - carefully - to eat peanut butter again. So, my question is, what sort of shelf life would premixed peanut butter and honey have?

I've read that an opened jar of peanut butter is good for from three months to over a year, if it's kept closed between uses and away from heat and light. Honey, of course, lasts pretty much forever under those conditions. My assumption is that the mixture would last at least as long as the peanut butter, and probably longer.

Any corrections, additions, criticisms?

Comments

[clemtaur.livejournal.com]

If you're not using it up with a week I'd say keep it in the fridge.. Honey keeps for it is basically straight sugar. Peanut butter is mostly oil and protein. By miking them you negate both items' anti-biotic properties..

[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

Back before the yeast infection damaged my gut (which has been slowly healing - with multiple setbacks - since) I would make enough for one to three days, then refrigerate what wasn't immediately used.

And if you don't think a mix of peanut butter and honey gets *stiff* when cold...