My name is Brittany and I’m a nut butter addict.
And I have no shame. I’m never without a variety of nut butters in the house, but since getting my Vitamix, they’ve only gotten better. Polish off a jar? No problem, let’s just make something else! The best part of making your own nut butter is scraping the bottom of the blender. Am I right?! š
A couple months ago I found Coconut Cashews from Trader Joe’s. I figure if I can make nut butter with raw or roasted nuts, why not try this?
The result was an extremely flavorful, creamy, wonderful nut butter that I loved. What I didn’t love, however, was the added ingredients. Of course that meant the minute I ran out, I had to make my own without the extras. It’s so easy, it’s silly.
Creamy Coconut Cashew Butter
Make twelve 2 tbsp servings
Ingredients
– 2 cups cashews; roasted
– 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
– 1 tsp salt
Directions
Place all ingredients in a high-power blender or food processor and blend away! You may need to stop and scrape the sides a few times, but give it a couple minutes to get creamy.
I didn’t need to add any additional oil because of the natural oils in the cashews and coconut. I store my fresh nut butters in the fridge and they last months. I also recommend that you leave it out at room temp for a few minutes before spreading, scooping, etc to soften up a bit.
Nutritional Information
Per 2 tbsp serving
157 CaloriesĀ /Ā 14g FatĀ /Ā 7g CarbsĀ /Ā 1g SugarĀ /Ā 2g FiberĀ /Ā 4g Protein
Don’t want to stop there? Use this coconut cashew butter in my Minty Irish Powerballs for a St. Patty’s Day-approved treat š
Food for Thought
What is your favorite kind of nut [or seed] butter?
Are you making anything green for St. Patricks Day?
Wow, definitely trying this when I am reunited with my blender again! That’s a tricky one but I’d have to say hazelnut butter, especially when mixed into cocoa porridge and it turns into a kind of less sweet but more delicious nutella – heaven š
Mmm that cocoa porridge with hazelnut butter sounds amazing!
Looks so ridiculously good! Although I love nut butter and also go through them at a shocking rate, I’ve actually never made my own!
Do it!!
Sharing this via Twitter. Now. Awesome recipe!
Ha thanks! š
I like all the nut butters! And the balls. š
Agreed š
Confession! I’m a nut butter addict! Your recipe looks amazing!
I don’t understand people that aren’t nut butter addicts!
Yum this looks amazing!!! I have yet to try making nut butter in my Viatmix…is it so much better and creamier than in a food processor? If so, I’m going to get on it asap!
I haven’t had a good enough food processor to try it out, but I would definitely recommend testing that out. You can never have too much nut butter š
Um. So simple. Love it!
Yes! That’s what I love about making my own too. No added crap.
This looks completely addictive. Like those coconut peanuts I opened a bag of once. I managed to make them last two days. Serving sizes = 6? Come on..
Hahahaha definitely not the right serving sizes!
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