Food Diary: Homemade Almond Butter

Posted on Jan 16, 2012 in Good Fats, Recipes, The Food Diary | 1 comment

If you have never made your own almond butter…. boy, are you missing out! I tried it for the first time this past week, and it was amazing. I actually made it as an ingredient for another recipe (Chocolate Almond Coconut Bites), but I was so impressed with the almond butter itself, that it almost didn’t make it into the recipe.

HUGE THANKS to Bill and Haley over at PrimalPalate.com. I’m not sure if I can ever purchase pre-made almond butter again. This was just too good…

Homemade Almond Butter

Ingredients for the Almond Butter:

12 oz of raw almonds
1/2 cup of coconut oil
2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract
Two pinches of salt

Process:

Process almonds in a food processor until they form a fine a meal.
Add a tablespoon of coconut oil at a time, while the almond butter is processing.
Continue to process until the almond butter is creamy (this may take a while, and use more or less coconut oil as needed to get it fairly fluid).
Add the vanilla extract and salt, and continue to process for about a minute.
Pour almond butter into a jar and set aside.