Name: Roasted Almond Butter Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 cups whole unsalted almonds; 1/2 teaspoon sea salt (optional)

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This 2 ingredient roasted almond butter recipe is unbelievably easy to make and tastes so good. Plus, it’s made in about 30 minutes! Once you make almond butter from scratch, there’s no going back to store-bought.

Hand holding a spoonful of almond butter, dripping into a jar underneath it.

What’s up everyone? Have a nice Easter weekend? Ours was pretty chill. Of course, we had our obligatory feed of fish on Friday. Granted, it may have come battered and with fries, but fish all the same.

I was going to bring you a different recipe today, but I had to switch it up; I just couldn’t wait to share this roasted almond butter with you all and knew this had to happen today. Share the food love, ya know?

This roasted almond butter is almost too easy to make; almost too easy to call it a recipe, but you know what? It is indeed a recipe and happens to be one of my favourite things to date! Are you an almond butter or peanut butter fan? I happen to like both and always have a jar of each in my fridge

Love homemade nut butters? Check out this cashew butter recipe!

How Much Almonds Is Needed?

With about two cups of almonds, you’ll yield about one cup of almond butter.

Notes on Making Almond Butter

Depending on the power of your food processor, it may take longer (or perhaps less) than 8 to 10 minutes to process those almonds and that’s fine. You know you’re done when the consistency is smooth and creamy.

Making this almond butter was like magic before my eyes. No joke. One minute it’s almonds, then practically dust, then, boom, homemade almond butter! After the dust stage, LOL, it starts to come together. You know when you are making bread or dough in a mixer and that moment when it just starts to pull together? It’s so freaky to watch that happen with this recipe.

Collage of some steps to make homemade almond butter.

You process the heck out of those almonds, stopping to scrape the sides of the processor every couple of minutes, or as necessary. When you first start out, those almonds are going to look drier than the Sahara desert. It’s drier than dry.

You’ll get thirsty just looking at it. You get the point. Just go with it and you’ll end up with super creamy roasted almond butter.

Ways To Enjoy

Enjoy on toast
Spoon over granola
Use in smoothies
Eat straight-up with a spoon (that’s what I often do, anyway)

Jar of almond butter with a spoon dunked into it.

If you give this nut butter recipe a try, be sure to leave a comment below!

Spoonful of roasted almond butter dripping into a jar underneath it.

Roasted Almond Butter Recipe

Dawn | Girl Heart Food

This 2 ingredient roasted almond butter recipe is unbelievably easy to make and tastes so good. Plus, it's made in about 30 minutes! Once you make almond butter from scratch, there's no going back to store-bought.

5 from 5 votes

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Cool almonds 10

Total Time 30

Course Condiment

Servings 16 tablespoons (approximately) or about 1 cup

Ingredients

2 cups whole unsalted almonds
½ teaspoon sea salt, optional

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit.
Place almonds on an unlined baking sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, watching to ensure they don't burn and rotating the pan about halfway through cooking.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
Note: To speed up cooling time, you can place the almonds on a new baking sheet and place into the fridge until cooled.
Place almonds in a food processor (I use a 12-cup processor).
Process for 8 to 10 minutes or until creamy, stopping to scrape down sides of processor with a spatula every couple of minutes, or as necessary.
Note: The mixture will initially look very powdery and dry (this is completely normal, just go with it; eventually the almonds will break down and will be smooth and creamy). Also, depending on the power of the processor you are using, the process may take a little longer, but that's okay.
Once mixture is smooth and creamy, add salt (if using) and process for another minute until combined.
Transfer the almond butter to a storage jar, cover, refrigerate and enjoy within 2 weeks. Yields about 1 cup. Note: Mixture will thicken slightly in the fridge. Enjoy!

Notes

Prefer to the leave the salt out? That’s perfectly fine! The roasted almond butter will still taste delicious.

A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.

Keyword nut butter, almond butter, homemade spreads

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