I have a Pinterest board called Storebought to Homemade with all kinds of DIY recipes for delicious items from the grocery store. Things like dulce de leche, wheat thins, graham crackers, extracts and homemade nut butters. 

Things that I have totally intended to start making from scratch but as you can see, I just haven’t gotten there yet. This whole eating clean thing is forcing me into though and I’m happy about that.

I almost always have a smoothie for breakfast and one of my favorites calls for peanut butter. Since I can’t eat sugar right now and natural peanut butters come in small, expensive jars (and sometimes still have added ingredients) I decided now was the time to jump in and make my own homemade nut butters.

Nut butters are incredibly easy to make at home and only require one ingredient, whatever nut you choose. Of course, a bit of oil can be added for additional creaminess but I didn’t feel it was necessary.

I decided to make almond butter and peanut butter to have a variety on hand so I will provide the “recipe” for both below and some variations that would be delicious. You can use any amount of nuts you want/need. I listed the amounts that I used below so that you can see how much it yielded. So far, I have only used them in smoothies and for dipping apples so I can’t say how well they will work in recipes but they taste delicious. Make sure you store them in the refrigerator in an airtight jar or container.

{Photos with almonds scattered are of the almond butter, the other photos are peanut butter}

 
Homemade Nut Butters Variations:
-Add a tablespoon or so of honey when blending the nuts
-After the nut butter is completely smooth, fold in some finely chopped dark chocolate (no sugar added)
-Add a teaspoon of vanilla when processing the nuts
-If you prefer chunky peanut butter (I do I do!), after peanut butter is completely processed throw in another handful of peanuts and pulse a few times to add some texture
-This vanilla bean coconut peanut butter also looks to die for delicious