best picks for nut butter
With a rich, buttery, sweet interior and slightly bitter shell, these creamy nuts share a depth of flavor with chocolate, which they are often paired with.
Hazelnut
With a mild flavor similar to peanuts and almonds, cashews are technically a seed, but are treated and eaten like a nut, and the texture is ideal for nut butter.
Cashew
In the same family as cashews, pistachios have a slightly minty, spicy flavor, and the soft texture lends itself to making a great nut butter.
Pistachio
Roasting and salting draws out the sweet, buttery flavor of macadamias, and the amount of oil in the nut creates a smooth nut butter texture.
Macadamia
The sweet, almost candy-like flavor of pecans is less bitter and more delicate than walnuts, making it compatible in a variety desserts.
Pecan
FLAVORS
like cinnamon, vanilla, honey, pumpkin spice, chocolate and/or maple added during the blending step personalize nut butters to any taste or purpose. Get creative and mix and match nuts and flavors.
what
you need
Keep homemade nut butter fresh for 2 to 3 weeks in Anchor Glass Food Storage containers.
Sealed Containers
This 13-cup Cuisinart food processor helps you take on any chopping, dicing or mixing task.
Food Processor
Stir, scoop and scrape up servings of nut butter with a silicone spatula spoon available at your local Hy-Vee.
Spatula
nut butter
in 3 easy steps
Roasted nuts in a
13-cup food processor
10 to 15 times until the nuts come to a finely chopped consistency.
Pulse
1
Desired flavors, a dash of salt and an oil, such as coconut or avocado, to prevent the nut butter from becoming too dry.
ADD
2
For 5 to 10 minutes or until creamy, stopping every few minutes to scrape down the sides of the food processor with a spatula.
PROCESS
3