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How To Make Homemade Pecan Butter

Using just a few easy steps, toasted pecans and sea salt are blending together to create this rich and decadent Homemade Pecan Butter!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Condiments
Cuisine: American
Diet: Vegan
Servings: 32 cups
Calories: 86kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350 °F and line a baking tray with a silicone baking mator parchment paper.
  • Spread the 4 cups of raw pecans evenly on your baking tray and roast them for 5 minutes. Give them a stir and roast them for another 2-5 minutes, watching them closely as you don't want them to burn!
  • Once roasted, allow the pecans to cool completely.
  • (Using a Vitamix) Place the cooled, roasted 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 than 1 minute to make sure I don't overheat my Vitamix.*
  • (Using a Food Processor) Place the roasted and cooled 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.
  • Store the Homemade Pecan Butter in a sealed glass jar in the fridge!

Notes

  • We love using about ½ teaspoon of sea salt when making this homemade pecan butter, but if you like things less salty, start with just ¼ 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.

Nutrition

Serving: 2tablespoons | Calories: 86kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Sodium: 18mg | Potassium: 51mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 0.5g | Vitamin A: 7IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 0.3mg