Cashew Butter Recipe {4 delicious versions}

Name: Cashew Butter Recipe {4 delicious versions}
Prep time: 18 min
Total time: 18 min
Yield: 24 tablespoons (approximately 1.5 cups per version)
Ingredients: 3 cups unroasted, unsalted cashews; 1/2 tsp sea salt (-or to taste); 3 cups unroasted, unsalted cashews; 1/2 tsp sea salt (-or to taste); 1.25 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp ground ginger; 1/2 tsp ground cardamom; 1/2 tsp allspice; 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg; pinch ground clove; 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract; 3 cups unroasted, unsalted cashews; 1/2 tsp sea salt (-or to taste); 1/4 cup white chocolate chips (-roughly chopped, plus more if you want some stirred in); 1/4 cup dried cranberries (-roughly chopped); 3 1/3 cups unroasted, unsalted cashews (-divided); 1/2 tsp sea salt (-or to taste)

December 1, 2019 Updated: December 1, 2019 By Dawn - Girl Heart Food 32 Comments

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Homemade nut butter is seriously easy to make and so satisfying to watch it come together (and enjoy!) This cashew nut butter recipe is super creamy, rich and tasty. There are four delicious versions included…because it’s always a good thing to have options!

Four jars of homemade cashew butter on a blue board.

Hey friends!

I’m bringing you something that I’m seriously in love with.

Nut butter.

Not just any nut butter.

Cashew butter.

And not one, but four, awesome versions.

I’ve been enjoying this stuff like crazy, spreading it on toast, over nice cream and eating straight up with a spoon right from the jar.

It’s that good.

And with the holiday season well underway, this nut butter would make for an awesome homemade food gift!

What Goes In Homemade Nut Butter?

Essentially, there’s cashews and salt.

That’s it.

However, if you want to really amp up your nut butter, you can add in other goodies (like I did here).

How to Make Cashew Butter

This whole process (including roasting takes about 20 minutes). Not bad, huh?

After you’ve roasted your cashews, pop ’em in your food processor, cover and start blitzing.

Tip—>You’ll want to stop occasionally to scrape the sides of the processor with a spatula.

You can see from the photos below, the cashews go from crumbly to bigger clumps.

Then, it starts to get creamy (but still a little dense).

All of a sudden, like magic, it gets super duper creamy!

That’s when you can add salt and blend in.

Of course, time could vary (depending on your processor), but should take just 10 minutes of processing.

Tip—>If making white chocolate/cranberry or crunchy cashew butter, you STIR in those ingredients, not process them. You want the texture.

Collage of how to make homemade nut butter with cashews.

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This is the smooth cashew butter—>

Jar of smooth cashew butter with a gold spoon dunked in the jar.

This is the chai cashew butter—>

Overhead shot of a jar of chai cashew butter with cinnamon sprinkled on top.

Here is the white chocolate and cranberry cashew butter—>

Jar of cashew nut butter with white chocolate and dried cranberries.

And last, but not least, this is the crunchy cashew butter—>

Do I Have to Roast Cashews?

Nope, not at all.

Of course, roasting any nut kinda brings out their flavour and makes them extra tasty, if you ask me.

Plus, when you roast the cashews, it makes things easier on your processor and they may break down more quickly than if they weren’t roasted.

If you want to skip roasting, though, go right ahead and just start processing. You do what makes you happy!

Tips for Making Cashew Nut Butter

Opt for ‘unsalted’ cashews. This way you can control the salt content in your nut butter.

Speaking of cashews, when roasting, watch ’em! Nuts can burn super fast and ovens can vary.

Store cashew butter in a clean, covered, jar in the refrigerator. It will firm up slightly in the fridge (like any nut butter), but will soften once out of the fridge for a little bit.

Salt was added to all four varieties here, but you could totally omit the salt if you want to have a salt-free nut butter.

If presenting any of these cashew nut butters as a food gift to someone special, store in a nice jar and tie with a pretty ribbon or tag.

If gifting the crunchy or white chocolate/cranberry version, sprinkle some cashews (or white chocolate/cranberry over top) for a pretty presentation.

For the chai cashew nut butter, use store-bought chai spice mix (to taste) instead of the individual spices listed, if you prefer.

Four jars of cashew spread on a blue board.

Like This Homemade Nut Butter? You May Enjoy These Too

Roasted Almond Butter – So much better than store bought, this almond butter is creamy dreamy delish!

Dark Chocolate Coconut Almond Butter – Almond butter amped up with the addition of dark chocolate and coconut. Such a treat!

Cookie Spread (also known as ‘cookie butter’) – Three yummy versions included and such a great homemade food gift!

Hope you love these cashew nut butter recipes as much as we do!

Until next time, take care and chit chat again soon,

~Dawn

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