Put this Homemade Easy Pecan Butter on EVERYTHING. It takes only 10 minutes and 4 ingredients from prep to finish and is made with all natural ingredients!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
Add the pecans to the baking sheet and toast for 5 minutes. This helps to give the pecans a fragrant smell and to warm up the oils in the pecans.
Remove the pecans and add to a food processor with all the other ingredients. Pulse on low or high until combined into a nut butter. My food processor is brand new and take only two minutes, but just keep it running until it is smooth. Your food processor may get a bit warm depending on how long it takes, so just turn it off for about a minute to prevent overheating if this happens. You may also need to stir everything together.
When liquified into pecan butter, scrape into a jar with a cover and place in the fridge. You can use this pecan butter anywhere you'd use peanut or almond butter, or to top your favourite oatmeal, cupcakes, cookies, anything!
Enjoy!
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This recipe is vegan and gluten free.
NUT BUTTER MAKING TIPS – Toasting the nuts helps to release the natural oils in them and helps with the blending process. You could also toast these in a pan over medium high heat until fragrant.
– A good quality food processor will go a long way with these. If you have an old food processor, ensure that you don’t let it overheat. If it begins to overheat, turn it off for a little, stir everything together, and turn it back on again. It can take up to 8 minutes.
– You can add it any additional flavourings if you want: pumpkin spice, nutmeg, more cinnamon.
– You can use any kind of sugar I just prefer to keep it refined sugar free. You can use unrefined brown sugar or sucanat if you don’t have coconut or cane sugar.
– I prefer to use a solid sweetener instead of a liquid sweetener because maple syrup or agave nectar actually will thicken this up a bit. If you want a thicker nut butter, feel free to use that instead.
– Nut Butters will last in your fridge for several weeks, but if you’re like me it won’t last that long anyway. ?