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How To Make Homemade Almond Butter

September 16, 2015 by Erika Wassall

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Erika Wassall, the Jersey Farm Scribe here, with a quick and easy recipe for homemade almond butter.  You will love this easy recipe that yields delicious, nutritious results in no time! First, I provide the full scoop on how you can make your own homemade almond butter with photos of the process. Then I provide a short easy version of that in printable recipe form at the end.

Homemade Almond Butter

Almond Butter

Some of you may remember my last post about Homemade Almond Milk.  I promised I was going to try out a few almond butter recipes and see if you could use the pulp that’s leftover from the homemade almond milk.  (If you haven’t seen that post, check it out.  I’ve been making about two batches a week of that stuff.  It’s a ten minute process and you’ll be amazed.  Kitchen magic!)

So… drumroll please…. CAN you make almond butter with leftover pulp from making homemade almond milk????

Well, technically, yes, you CAN.

Um… but it’s very time consuming and doesn’t provide a lot of reward.  So since I’m all about simple, because that’s what makes me more likely to actually continue to use a recipe over and over again, I don’t recommend it.  The pulp takes a LONG time to dry out in the oven, and because I like to make small batches of almond milk, it doesn’t make enough almond butter to be worth it.  Yes, I could freeze it and wait until I had a bunch, but again, I like simple.

So I tried a bunch of different recipes and I am proud to present you with a recipe for almond butter that ANYone can do.  I used a very old food processor.  I mean OLD.  As in one that I had to stop almost every 45 seconds or else it would have overheated.  So yeah, whatever you’ve got.  It’ll do just fine.

First of all, I just bought roasted almonds.  They’re not usually any more expensive than raw, and I was able to skip the roasting them in the oven step.  So basically, this recipe it just tossing almonds in a food processor.  Which is exactly what I did.  After about 45 seconds it looked like this.

after pulse

When you get here, scrape the sides down:

next 1

But honestly, I didn’t have to scrape the sides as many times as I expected. It was maybe 5 total.  And then another minute or so and we were at this phase…

2A
this part is like magic to me!

And from there you get this one next!

2B
perfect!

The trick here is patience.  Eventually it DOES come together.  The almonds release their oils and you get to experience more kitchen magic.

You can absolutely do this with NO other additions.  Just pure almond goodness.  But I added a TOUCH of maple syrup, sunflower seed oil and sea salt, and the stuff tastes like heaven.

I LIKE my nut butter a little on the thicker side, so I stopped when I got to that picture above.

I then put the homemade almond butter in a jar in the fridge (you could technically store this just in the pantry, but I prefer keeping it in the fridge).

jar
YUM!

Because the fridge makes it a bit harder to spread, I pop the amount I’m going to use in the microwave for 20 seconds and it gets nice and gooey again.  (plus I meter myself better this way.  I use a plastic tablespoon measure-er to scoop it out and pop in the microwave.  Perfect amount for spreading on toast in the morning.  Yum!

So take the dive, because you CAN make this yourself!  Do you have any other special add-ins that you might throw in your own homemade almond butter?  Making it your own can make it even more special.  Or give this one and try and let me know what you think!

Almond Butter
you can absolutely do this!

Homemade Almond Butter Recipe

How To Make Homemade Almond Butter

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September 16, 2015
by Scarlet Paolicchi
Cuisine American
Category Family Food Ideas And Recipes
Super easy to make, homemade almond butter with a bit of optional maple syrup for a touch of sweetness.
Persons
16
Serving Size
1/8 cup
Prep Time
5 minutes
Total Time
5 minutes
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Homemade Almond Butter

Ingredients

  • 2 cups roasted almonds
  • 1 TBS sunflower seed oil (or any other light oil, even vegetable is fine)
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 TBS maple syrup

Instructions

  1. Put almonds in food processor.
  2. Pulse for 30 seconds.
  3. Scape down the sides and then let run for 5 minutes.
  4. Add oil, salt, and maple syrup and run for 1 more minute.
  5. Serve and enjoy!

Nutrition Facts

How To Make Homemade Almond Butter

Serves: 16

Amount Per Serving:
1/8 cup
Calories 114.14 kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.94 g 13.8%
Saturated Fat 0.77 g 0%
Trans Fat 0.0 g
Cholesterol 0.0 mg 0%
Sodium 86.06 mg 3.6%
Total Carbohydrate 4.46 g 1.3%
Dietary Fiber 1.88 g 4%
Sugars 1.59 g
Protein 3.62 g
Vitamin A 0.0 % Vitamin C 0.0 %
Calcium 4.75 % Iron 3.58 %

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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You may want to serve this homemade almond butter on top of warm toast, with apple slices (the perfect fall snack), or in a almond butter and jelly sandwich!  I hope you enjoy this easy almond butter recipe.  How do you like to eat your almond butter?

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  1. Katie @ Pick Any Two says

    September 18, 2015 at 8:36 am

    YUM! I am a huge fan of almond butter, but I’ve never tried making my own. This seems totally doable!

    • Erika Wassall - Jersey Farm Scribe says

      September 19, 2015 at 7:12 pm

      It really is Katie, like you wouldn’t believe. If you try it, let me know how it goes!

  2. Mariah Leeson (@Giggles_Galore) says

    September 21, 2015 at 8:48 am

    I love almond butter with my bananas in the morning. I am going to have to try making my own, this looks delicious!

    • Erika Wassall - Jersey Farm Scribe says

      September 22, 2015 at 2:16 pm

      I can’t believe I never thought of that. What a great idea! I’m going to try that tomorrow!

  3. Donna Hup says

    September 24, 2015 at 10:57 am

    Yum! We make our own too and I love it 🙂

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