RAW ALMOND BUTTER

The most important virtue needed in the making of any nut butter is patience. With only 3 ingredients, homemade almond butter is beautifully simple but can come with its frustrations if your not prepared to be patient. Trust me, when you witness the transformation before your own eyes, it will give you a whole new appreciation for the perfect almond and you will be left with the most nutritious, creamiest, essential ingredient to any whole foods kitchen. 

Raw Almond Butter 
* yields 1 1/4 cup 

2 C Raw Almonds
1 Tbsp Pure Maple Syrup (optional) 
1/2 tsp Sea Salt (optional) 

Place almonds in food processor. Process for a total of 8-12 minutes. YOu will need to scrape down the sides as you go. If you are using sea salt, add it at the beginning before the oils are released. If you choose to use maple syrup, slowly add it in after the butter starts to get creamy. 

*Savage Note: give your food processor a break every couple minutes. it WILL get hot. don't push it too hard. Just pause, take a few breathes, change the music, do a little dance and then get back to grinding. 

After 2-4 minutes it will look like this. 

At around 6-8 minutes, the mixture will start to ball up. Keep going.
At about 10 minutes it will start to redistribute and the oils release even more.
If you are adding maple syrup, do it now. 

At 12 minutes the almonds have released their oil and the butter is ready! 

I like to add almond butter to just about everything as an ingredient and as a side. 

It goes perfectly with organic apples slices, stuffed into gooey dates,

added to smoothies and it is even delicious with your morning eggs (tried & tested). 

However, perhaps the best use of your raw almond butter is as the main ingredient in the

best ever Nut Butter Chocolate. 

(recipe coming soon!)

K x