Homemade Nut or Seed Butters

When it comes to nut and seed butters, they are actually pretty easy to make.  They do take about 15-20 minutes to blend together depending on how strong your food processor or vitamix or other mixer is.  The trick is to get the nuts or seeds a bit roasted first to release the oils and then voila, blend and enjoy.  The benefits of making your own is that you can have nut or seed butters whenever you want as long as you have the nuts and seeds in stock in the house.

Take about 300-500g of unsalted, unroasted nuts or seeds.  Place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper and set your oven at about 180c.  Place the nuts in the oven for about 15 minutes make sure they don't burn.  Then add them to the processor of choice and blend for a few minutes, then scrape down the sides, then blend again for a few minutes and continue this until you get the consistency of butter you want.  

Store in a clean glass jar and enjoy!