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    How to Make Homemade Pecan Butter

    Last Modified: Jun 19, 2020 by Faith VanderMolen · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases · 687 words. · About 4 minutes to read this article.

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    Using just a few easy steps, toasted pecans and sea salt are blending together to create this rich and decadent Homemade Pecan Butter!

    Homemade Pecan Butter in a jar

    Throughout this whole food blogging gig, I’ve been so blessed to occasionally receive food products from different companies. Usually they want me to try their products so that, if I like them, I’ll talk about them with my readers. During our time in the states a company called Georgia Grinder’s sent me some of their nut butter. They’re a family owned company which makes their nut butters in small batches. So far I’ve absolutely loved all of the different nut butters they’ve sent me to try. Before we left for China they sent me two last jars of nut butter to take with me, one of which was their Pecan Butter. I’ve always loved pecans, especially for baking. They have a naturally sweet and caramel-y taste to them. Yet despite my love for them, I had actually never tried plain pecan butter before. Oh man. It was love at first bite. Pecan butter tastes so rich and decadent, but all it’s made out of (when made right, in my opinion) is pecans and sea salt. Since we received that jar of pecan butter, I’ve been slowly working my way through it, one delicious spoonful at a time. Once we got to China and it started to sink in that their pecan butter would eventually run out, I made a rule that Brett and I could only have 1 tablespoon a day. I know. So mean, right? I’ve been enjoying my tablespoon of pecan butter every morning on my Chocolate Zoats for the last few weeks, but sadly, my love affair did come to an end. That’s when this Homemade Pecan Butter was born.

    Because we live in China, not many companies can or are willing to ship to us. So instead of sulking over the fact that I couldn’t just order more of Georgia Grinder’s Pecan Butter, I decided to bite the bullet and pay a little extra money for some raw pecans to make my own homemade pecan butter. The ingredients listed on Georgia Grinder’s Pecan Butter are just roasted pecans and sea salt. I figured it couldn’t be too hard to make my own homemade pecan butter and I was right! Thanks to my Vitamix, the amount of time I had to be involved in making this pecan butter was less than 10 minutes.

    I started by toasting the pecans in the oven until fragrant, which only takes 5 minutes. Then I blended them in my Vitamix with some sea salt until this drippy, smooth Homemade Pecan Butter was created. YES! Now I’m back to enjoying my 1 tablespoon a day every morning at breakfast. That one tablespoon is the perfect amount too, as pecan butter tastes so rich and decadent.

    If you don’t have a Vitamix, don’t worry! You can easily make this homemade pecan butter (or any nut butter for that matter) in a food processor. It just takes a little more time to do so.

    Other Nut Butter Recipes:

    Since we’re on the topic of nut butter, I figured now would be a good time to share some of my favorite nut butter recipes below. Check them out!

    Chewy Almond Butter Date Granola Bars

    Almond Butter Toast with Sautéed Cinnamon Peaches

    Almond Butter Coconut No Bake Cookies

    Vegan Almond Butter Soba Noodles with Tofu

    Peanut Butter Coconut Granola Bars

    Vegan Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

    Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookie Dough Balls

    Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Scones


    How to Make Homemade Pecan Butter:

    Follow the steps below to make your own homemade pecan butter!

    Pecans spread out on a baking tray for toasting
    Step 1: Spread the raw pecans onto your lined baking tray and toast in the oven for about 5 minutes
    Raw almonds blending into nut butter in a vitamix
    Step 2: Blend the pecans and sea salt in your high speed blender or food processor until a smooth nut butter forms
    Pouring Homemade Pecan Butter into a jar
    Step 3: Store your Homemade Pecan Butter in a sealable glass jar in the fridge
    How to Make Homemade Pecan Butter
    Enjoy on all the things or by the spoonful!
    Dipping a spoon into homemade pecan butter
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    How To Make Homemade Pecan Butter

    How To Make Homemade Pecan Butter

    Yield: 4 cups
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 5 minutes
    Total Time: 20 minutes

    Using just a few easy steps, toasted pecans and sea salt are blending together to create this rich and decadent Homemade Pecan Butter!

    Ingredients

    • 4 cups raw pecans
    • 1/4-1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt*

    Instructions

    1. Preheat your oven to 350℉ and line a baking tray with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
    2. Spread the 4 cups of raw pecans evenly on your baking tray and toast the pecans for 4-6 minutes or until fragrant. Watch them closely as you don't want them to burn!
    3. Once toasted, allow the pecans to cool.
    4. (Using a Vitamix) Place the cooled, toasted pecans and sea salt into your Vitamix and, after gradually increasing the power to high, use the tamper to press the pecans into the blades until a smooth, creamy pecan butter forms. This takes less than 1 minute for me and I never do this longer for 1 minute to make sure I don't overheat my Vitamix.*
    5. (Using a Food Processor) Place the toasted pecans and sea salt into a quality food processor and process on high for 5-20 minutes, depending on the strength of your food processor, until a shiny, smooth nut butter forms. You will need to stop the processor every few minutes to scrap down the sides of the bowl.
    6. Store the Homemade Pecan Butter in a sealed glass jar in the fridge!

    Notes

    *We love using about 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt when making this homemade pecan butter, but if you like things less salty, start with just 1/4 teaspoon.


    **It always scares me to use my Vitamix to make nut butter, but when done correctly you shouldn't have any issues. I like to set a timer for 1 minute before I begin so that I make sure to stop before overheating my blender. You first increase the speed to 10 then flip the power to high and then use the tamper to continually press the nuts into the blades. It will be loud and scary, but just keep pressing the nuts into the blades using the tamper. As soon as the pecans are all blended (sometimes the blades make a "catching" noise) I turn my blender off.

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    Nutrition Information
    Yield 32 Serving Size 2 tablespoons
    Amount Per Serving Calories 90Total Fat 9gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 8gCholesterol 0mgSodium 50mgCarbohydrates 2gNet Carbohydrates 0gFiber 1gSugar 1gSugar Alcohols 0gProtein 1g

    Nutrition information is a rough estimate provided by Nutrionix and should be used for informational purposes only.

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    1. Emily Swanson says

      October 03, 2018 at 5:24 pm

      This looks just as good or EVEN better than Georgia Grinders; it’s soooo creamy. I agree that pecan butter is one of the richest most delicious nut butters out there.

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      • Faith says

        October 03, 2018 at 8:23 pm

        Thanks Emily! And I’m so glad Georgia grinders helped me discover the amazing-ness of pecan butter. It’s currently my favorite!!

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