Twisted Hummus

My daughter and I like hummus a lot and so we wanted to make our own.  There came in a tiny problem of living in a small town where the grocery doesn't have odd things like tahini (sesame seed paste).  But we wanted hummus, so here's what we tried:

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Ingredients:
2 Cans (16 oz) garbanzo beans (1 drained, 1 not)
4 T. Peanut butter (just unsweetened plain peanut butter, unless you can find tahini, then use it)
1/2 C. Lemon juice
4 tsp. Chopped garlic (about 4 cloves)
1/2 tsp. Salt
2 T. Extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp. Cayenne pepper (or less depending on your tastes)

Directions:

Put all ingredients into the blender and blend until smooth.  Serve with yummy things to dip into it, like celery, snow peas, grape tomatoes, pita bread, broccoli, etc.

We enjoyed this mixture, but still think there are some improvements to be made.  Maybe cilantro.  Let me know what you think in the comments :)

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*UPDATE*  Today my daughter and I tried this with the addition of cilantro.  It was quite good.  Just what it needed.  Measurement...we pulled a handful of leaves off of their stems and threw them in the blender with the rest.