How To Make Almond Butter – Make your own almond butter at home and always have a healthy, tasty snack on hand!
Good morning! I hope everyone is able to stay out of this crazy heat for a few days! It has been 105 degrees with the heat index in Chicago which is just too darn hot for me. I don’t like to complain about hot weather because I wait all winter for it..but seriously?!
How to Make Almond Butter
Do you remember back in April when I shared how to make homemade peanut butter? It is easy to make and you know exactly what ingredients are going into it. Well today I am sharing how to make Almond Butter—I like to think of it as the sister or brother to peanut butter. I sort of have a favorite (peanut butter!) but this Almond Butter is pretty yummy too! I love to spread it on sandwiches, or crackers or apples (especially delicious in the fall when apples are in abundance).
Start by taking 2 cups almonds (I used dry roasted, unsalted but use whatever kind you fancy) and measure a cup of them.
Put them in your food processor and start that baby up and let it run.
You will notice that the almond turn into a fine mixture (it reminds me of processing walnuts when I make baklava).
Continue to let the almonds run through the food processor. You will begin to notice that the mixture turns thicker and begins to form on the sides. Turn off the food processor every couple of minutes and scrape the sides down to make sure it mixes well.
The almonds then get sticky and turn into little clumps…keep processing! Keep if going until the almonds turn into a buttery, smooth mixture. Taste a little with your finger and add in sea salt and processes it real quick to make sure it is mixed up.
Serve with apples, on a slice of toast or crackers. Sometimes I add a little dab of honey into the almond butter that I am going to use (I don’t add it to the jar I make because then it reduces its shelf life).
Enjoy!
Julia
What is the shelf life of Almond butter and what is the best way to store it?
If you make your own almond butter you can store it in a cool, dark place for up to two weeks or a refrigerator. I put mine in a mason jar with a tight lid. If you open it and it tastes bitter then it has gone bad.
I recently made almond butter in my Cuisinart food processor, just to compare it to using my Vitamix, which is what I usually do. It took 17 minutes, plus some extra time with the machine stopped just to make sure it would not overheat. It got a lot oilier than my Vitamix version but had a few tiny gritty grains in it. I’m still searching for the perfect method, though I’m going to keep making it at home. It’s so fresh and inexpensive.
I wish I had a vitamix..I imagine it would take a lot less time but I am not sure!
Love, love, love nut butters 🙂
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Me too! 🙂
Time to make almond butter cookies, if you ask me! 😉
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Ohhhhh great idea!
I’ve tried making nut butters and have ended up with total failure. I think I quit before it actually “butters”.
Yours looks great!
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I know..it goes through stages where it looks very clumpy and you think you messed it up but just keep processing!! It can take 10-15 minutes! 🙂