Almond Butter

I can’t believe how long it’s taken me to make nut butter. The process takes two steps: you put some nuts in a food processor and hit the “on” button. Can it get any easier than that? After making a batch you’ll wonder why you haven’t been making it all along. It’s easy, it’s cheap, and you’re in complete control of the ingredients. You can make it salty or sweet, plain or with spices, and smooth or chunky. I’m looking forward to playing around with flavors (curry + cashew, cinnamon + peanut, cocoa + almond), and I’ll let you know if I come up with anything good. For now, here’s how to make a simple almond butter.

Almond Butter

2-3 cups of almonds (I used roasted, unsalted)

Sea salt

Put a few cups of nuts into the food processor.

Turn the food processor on.

Keep grinding until it’s the consistency of almond butter, probably between five and ten minutes.

Getting there. You might need to scrape down the bowl occasionally.

Almost there. Add salt to taste.

Almond butter!

For a chunkier result I imagine you could reserve 1/4-1/2 cup of nuts and add them at the end, processing just long enough to mix them in and chop them up a bit.