Homemade Almond Butter
Ingredients:
Um…almonds…about 4 cups to make roughly one cup of almond butter. Be sure NOT to buy salted almonds or peanuts, they are WAY too salty for the end product. You can sprinkle a little in during the buttermaking process; I’d say about 1tsp.
If you can’t have almonds for some reason, you can make any type of nut butter that you like: peanut, cashew, walnut, pecan, etc.
Preparation:
Place the almonds in your food processor.
There you have it! Your own homemade almond butter!
Store it in an airtight container in your fridge. I don’t know the shelf life, but I did a quick Google search and it looks like up to 3 months…that’s if it lasts that long!
Some additional things you could mix in with the butter to make it even more fun: honey, cinnamon, vanilla, or anything you’d like!
Serving size = 2T
Calories 180 / Carbs 4g / Fat 16g / Protein 6g / Fiber 3g / Sodium 60mg
2 Comments
Laura S
I can't believe I've never tried this! Robyn–I just saw an advertisement for something called Nuttzo that was a mixture of seven nuts and seeds including peanuts, almonds, cashews, hazel nuts, brazil nuts, sunflower seeds and flax seeds! That would be easy to recreate at home and you could use just anything you have in your cabinet. I may have to try that!
Robyn
I got a mini food processor for Christmas this year and haven't used it much, but now that I know it's that simple to make nut butters with it I will have to bust it out. Wonder if you could mix types of nuts?