Yeah, me either.
I was on an almond kick over the summer and made my dad buy me a huge bag from Costco. I also have had trouble finding freshly ground almond butter lately, one day culminating in tears in the freshly ground nut butter aisle at Whole Foods when their almond butter machine was out. I saw on my friend Angela’s blog, Nutty For Life, that she made her own almond butter. I also have seen recipes around the web for cinnamon sugar almond butter, etc., so I thought… how hard could making my own almond butter be?
Guess what – it’s super simple. Almost verging on fun. All you need is a really good food processor. I didn’t try this in my Vitamix because every recipe I saw said not to. I decided to do vanilla almond butter because I am so tempted to drop the $12 for Justin’s Vanilla Almond Butter every time I’m at the store and also because I have a fear of added [white/brown/refined] sugar, so the cinnamon sugar idea was out the window.
Make Your Own Vanilla Almond Butter
You’ll need:
3 cups almonds (I used raw because I was too lazy to roast mine)
1 tbps vanilla extract
1 tsp honey
What to do:
Throw the almonds in the food processor and turn it on. They will turn to almond powder then into ground almonds and after 10-15 minutes, almond butter. The consistency is up to you. You’ll have to scrape down the sides with a spatula.
Tips:
This recipe is totally customizable, but this recipe was AWESOME. I had it on a pumpkin English muffin for breakfast this morning. Try adding cocoa powder, sugar and cinnamon (if you dare), pumpkin pie spice… whatever you want!
Chat with me:
Have you bought Justin’s Vanilla Almond Butter? What is your ideal almond butter mix-in?
Almost Getting It Together 
YUM. I am not willing to buy Justin’s, too freakin expensive. Gotta settle for what I can afford and making my own isn’t half bad.
Remember when you didn’t want to eat my Justin’s hazelnut butter because it was expensive haha? That jar is still unfinished, by the way.
Justin’s vanilla AB is amazing but you can’t get it in Canada! So I resorted to making it at home and I actually think mine is better than Justin’s 😉 I do the same as you but instead of 3 cups of almonds I do 2 cups of almonds and cup of coconut. 2 tsps vanilla, salt and a little bit of cinnamon. I’m addicted!!!
YUM that sounds so good! What do you use for coconut… shredded unsweetened coconut?
Do you have Earth Balance in Canada? They make a coconut peanut butter… I love it so much!
unsweetened shredded coconut 🙂 We do have earth balance! Next time I’m at Whole Foods I’ll pick some up!
That sounds amazing. I am now going to try to make some, once I find myself a food processor.
You MIGHT be able to try a high-powered blender, too!
This is great! I hate spending an arm and a leg on fancy nut butters, so this is a great alternative (and I’m sure a healthier option!)
Pingback: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cookies | Almost Getting It Together
Hi Cassie! I love the title of this post and will definitely try it! Those little packets are almost a dollar each and gone in no time flat! This makes much more sense!!