Try this at home: Almond Butter

After trying store-bought almond butter months ago I thought I would never enjoy the stuff. 

But then, thanks to my love affair with my new food processor, I tried homemade almond butter. 

Now I have been dreaming of ways I can use this tasty new butter. 

• scoop it up with apple slices
• slather it on homemade whole wheat bread
• add it to a smoothie
• use it to make raw cookie dough bites (recipe below)

Make your own almond butter:

Throw 1 cup of raw almonds into your food processor (if you are confident it can handle that).

Add a teaspoon of kosher salt.

Place the lid on your food processor and pulse several times to break up the almonds. Once they are pretty well chopped up run your processor.

Every minute or so stop the processor and scrape down the sides. 

Just keep on going—first it will look crumbly for a few minutes, then it will turn in to a thick paste, then it will smooth out and become creamy. This takes a long time, maybe 10-15 minutes or more!

You can stop processing it as soon as it is at your desired consistency. 

I prefer the ultra smooth and creamy. 

Yield: about a half cup

Perhaps next time I will experiment with this by adding some maple syrup...or honey...or cocoa powder?

This will keep in the fridge for up to 3 months or 6 months in the freezer. 

Thanks to Dishin & Dishes for the tutorial.

Raw Cookie Dough Bites
1/2 cup creamy raw almond butter

1/4 cup, plus 1 tbsp raw honey

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 cup, plus 1 tbsp coconut flour (or all-purpose flour)

3 tbsp ground golden flax seed

1/4 tsp sea salt

1/4 cup dark chocolate chips

In a large bowl, mix together the raw almond butter, honey and vanilla until creamy and well blended. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, ground flax seed and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix well to combine. Use your hands to knead the dough to thoroughly combine. If it's too wet, add a bit more flour. If the dough is too dry and doesn't hold together well, knead in one teaspoon of water. Fold in the dark chocolate chips. Then, scoop out tablespoon-size portions and roll into one-inch balls using your hands to create a bite-sized treat. *Refrigerate balls for 30 minutes before serving. Makes about 18 cookie bites. 

Recipe Variation: Use 100% all natural peanut butter (the kind you have to stir) instead of raw almond butter to make yummy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Dough Bites.

Recipe from The Nourishing Home

More recipes to try:


These Honey Almond Butter Balls sound wonderful.


These Brown Rice Crisp Treats definitely got my attention!


I can see myself drinking this Almond butter-Chocolate Smoothie.

How do you enjoy almond butter?