Coconut Sugar Walnut Butter
Make your own delicious walnut butter, sweetened with coconut sugar. The texture is incredibly creamy from roasting the walnuts, which help them break down.
Yield: 8 ounces
Ingredients
- 2 3/4 cups raw walnuts
- 3/4 teaspoon sunflower oil or grapeseed oil
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 1/2 tablespoons coconut sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spread walnuts onto a baking sheet, and toast for 5-6 minutes, until walnuts are lightly browned and fragrant. Remove from oven and pour onto a plate to cool.
- After 8 minutes of cooling, add walnuts to blender with sunflower oil. Pulse a few times to get things started, then start blending. Stop every 20 seconds and scrape down sides, until walnuts are mostly smooth. I leave the little circle stopper on the blender lid off so that heat has a chance to escape.
- Then add salt, coconut sugar, and vanilla paste. Blend until completely smooth.
- Pour into a glass jar and let sit, uncovered, until cool. Place cover on jar and refrigerate to store.