Making Coconut Butter vs. Nut Butters

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Coconut Butter and Nut Butters are made pretty much the same way, except that

coconut flakes really compress and you can start out with 5-7 cups of dried

coconut flakes, where that would be WAY too much nuts for nut butter. Another

way they are different is that I find it easy to add coconut oil to dry batches

of coconut flakes that get crumbly, but are having a hard time getting smooth

and creamy. You could do the same thing with nut butters, but a lot of people

don't have a good matching oil (like almond oil for almond butter) on hand to

add...

For nut butters I'd start with the following amounts as guidelines…

3 cups of raw almonds (these are never still raw after processing into almond

butter - they get too hot during the process of making almond butter - and for

newbies, almost always require added oil)

3.5 cups of roasted almonds (as long as they aren't dry roasted)

3.5 cups of cashews

4 cups of peanuts

4 cups of mixed nuts (the kind you buy in the store with or w/out peanuts)

3.5-4 cups of Almond/Pecan mix (one of my favorite mixes :-) I roast my own.

How to roast nuts at home (I love to do this)

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I pre-heat the oven to 350°, put the nuts in a zip lock bag, add enough coconut

oil to coat them, and SOMETIMES add flavorings like cocoa powder and powdered

stevia (you could use sugar or your favorite sugar substitute) or cinnamon and

stevia (or your sugar substitute) or sea salt or sea salt and spices (like Blend

It Up Southwest spice, or Blend It Up Thai Spice, or Italian Spice etc.) or

nutritional yeast flakes - the options are truly endless… I squish the nuts

around in the bag to get them coated with the oil (and any additives if there

are any) then I spread them out on a cookie sheet (I cover with parchment

because I don't like cleaning cookie sheets :-) and roast for 15 minutes.

Blessings,

Lea Ann Savage

Satellite Beach, FL

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