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Almond Butter
What you need:
whole raw almonds
salt, optional
What you do:
** Of course, this may also be made using the humble peanut and very good it is too.
Using no oil, toast the almonds in the oven, stirring every few minutes, until beginning to change color. Cool.
Place in a food processor and grind until very fine. Continue to process until the almonds begin to release their oil, resting the motor from time to time. Process until oily and smooth. Store in an airtight jar. * Dont be tempted to think the oil will not release. I assure you it WILL happen.
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SO HOW'D IT GO?
We are doing no salt and no sugar in addition to no meat and I had the hardest time finding peanutbutter that would suit our needs. Then I thought to look here--and now I have an awesome recipe that I can use with any kind of nut I like! Awesome!
I just tried this one with pecans! Wow! It didn't even take that long- maybe 5 minutes- and my electric mini food chopper is actually pretty cheap so I'm surprised how easy it was! Wow! I think I'm inspired to try to experiment more! I think next time some smoked almonds or coconut! I can't wait! So cheap easy and yummy! :D Look out world!
so if you don't have a food processor, would it be ok to use a blender? or would that be a bad idea?
yea, thanks for this - i knew you could make almond and peanut butter but i didn't know how. now i won't have to shell out like.. 8 bucks every time i want nut butter that isn't uber-processed.
wow! i am so delighted to find the 2 photos. and very pleased to see the consistently positive comments. this recipe is proof that, with the help of a food processor, it really is very simple and easy to make delicious nut butters from nothing more than the nuts themselves. oh, and salt, if like me you prefer it that way.
cheers!
adagio
I used dry roasted salted almonds from whole foods. when the butter was creamy i added a handful of almonds to make it chunky:) yumyum
lllllovely recipe
it only took a few minutes for my almonds to get all buttery and yummy, and the whole house smelled good from the toasted almonds. also, i didn't put any salt in.
oh_homely: my food processor is a small-ish model (Breville).and not especially high powered. my guess is that any model would be fine. i suggest that you post this question on the Q&A forum on this site. i feel sure you will get some helpful responses. cheers!
What kind of processor did y'all use? I want to start making my own nut butters and need to buy a one. On Amazon they describe them as either "light" or "heavy" and if anybody could shed some light on whether one or the other can be used, that'd be wonderful.
Thanks!
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