Now that Aaron is over a year old he can start eating nut butters. I have wanted to try and make some myself, and did some research to find a good recipe. Normally I would do the first thing my Vitamix cookbook suggested, but I was disappointed to read that the Almond Butter recipe called for over 2/3 cup of canola oil. If I was reading a label in the grocery store there is no way that I would purchase a nut butter with added oil, so i took to the internet.
I found lots of recipes adding butter, oil, honey etc... and many that required roasted or blanched nuts instead of raw nuts with the essential oils intact. Finally I found this recipe at www.rawmaxing.com (link below) that uses only almonds, and has very helpful photos and tips. The process takes 10 min, running the food processor for 2 min and then scraping down the sides five times. It worked so well, and was very fun. After the second scrape the almonds tasted sweet and smelled like the sweet almond extract used in cooking. The final product is a little stiff, but similar to organic peanut butter. Everyone really likes it, and Joseph has already requested having it as part of his snack tomorrow. Make some heart healthy Almond butter, have patience and enjoy. :)
http://www.rawmazing.com/recipes/raw-recipe-almond-butter/
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