How to Make Almond Nut Butter

Almond butter is a terrific alternative to peanut butter. It can be used on sandwiches with jelly or in baking cookies or cakes. The butter can be made using a blender of a food processor and is quick and easy. By making almond butter at home, you can control the salt content.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Fresh almonds
• Blender or Food Processor
• Pan for roasting
• Container for storage

1. Spread the shelled almonds on a cookie sheet or pan and place in a 350 degree oven. Watch the almonds closely and shake the pan every five minutes so the nuts will roast evenly. When lightly browned, remove from oven an let cool.

2. Grind the roasted almonds in a blender or food processor. If using a blender, do about one cup of nuts at a time. Once the nuts are in small bits, turn the speed of the blender up until a paste begins to form. Continue until the butter is the consistency you desire. A food processor can do more nuts at a time than a blender, but the instructions remain the same.

3. Use a spatula to place the butter in the container of your choice.

4. Repeat the process until all the almond nuts have been buttered.

Tips & Warnings

• Most nuts can be processed into ‘butter’. Experiment with cashews, pistachios and other exotic nuts.
• Since there are no preservatives in homemade nut butters, keep the almond butter in the refrigerator. You may need to stir the oil back into the butter before use.
• Try your favorite fudge recipe using almond butter. It will taste like a gourmet treat.

[Rynoah]

on 7/25/2008 If you have the problem of dry almonds, just add a teaspoon of olive oil and that should fix it. If it's still not creamy, add another teaspoon of olive oil.

[katie1ray]

on 6/20/2008 i tried to make some almond butter but all i got was almond meal there is no oil can anyone tell me what i did wrong or what i can do to make it right