Homemade Cashew Butter

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  • Number of Servings: 24
Ingredients
2 cups unsalted roasted (or dry toasted) cashews3-4 tbsp vegetable oil2 tsp sugar1/2 tsp salt, plus more to taste
Directions
In the food processor, combine cashews, 3 tbsp vegetable oil, sugar and salt and blend until smooth. Add in some of the remaining oil if the mixture comes together into a ball instead of smoothing out into a paste. The whole process should take only a few minutes. Store in the refrigerator and bring up to room temperature for easy spreading.

Makes about 1 1/2 cups.


Number of Servings: 24

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SUNSHOWER.

Servings Per Recipe: 24
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 83.6
  • Total Fat: 7.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 50.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 4.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.3 g
  • Protein: 1.7 g

Member Reviews
  • BILODEAU1
    Cost less than buy it in a jar - 3/21/07
  • MSB4L1
    I used olive oil and powdered sugar (10x) no grit did not use the salt, put some flax seed it is awesome will make again and again! - 1/25/11
  • RUTHANN10
    This tastes fine to me. I did not add the sugar and very little salt. Mine turned out grainy, but that's okay for me. I had never tasted cashew butter before and didn't want to spend $15.00 for a taste! - 9/22/10