By soaking and slow roasting your almonds first and you get so much more flavor! This method takes a few days prep but you will have healthy digestible almond butter for a fraction of the cost at the stores.
Do you wish you could have Gluten Free Almond butter without additives, sugars or chances of cross contamination? And for a lower price than the store brands? That's what I wanted too! I love using almond meal in my baking, but the thought of grinding up my precious and expensive almonds kept me from trying my own homemade almond butter. I was happy to buy a little here and there when I wanted some, but usually it wasn't in my budget. Finally I decided to try making it myself and I was really happy with the results. It's very easy and tastes incredible! This recipe makes apx 2-2 1/2 cups of almond butter from 1 pound of slow roasted almonds for apx $5.00. That's a pretty great savings!
Homemade Gluten Free Slow Roasted Almond Butter
Ingredients:
- 1 pound raw almonds with the skins on, soaked and slow dried/roasted *
- 1/4 - 1/2 cup almond milk , as needed
- dash salt
- 2 tablespoons honey or you can use Stevia
- The first day. Soak your almonds in enough water to cover and 1 tablespoon sea salt for at least 7 hours. Drain the next day and pat dry.
- The second day. Preheat oven to 150
- Lay out your almonds in a single layer on a large baking sheet and slow roast for apx 24 hours or until crisp and dry.
- The third day. Put your roasted/dried nuts in your large food processor bowl and turn on high for apx 2 minutes or until you have a nice fluffy meal
- If you have a very strong food processor you can add a dash of salt now and sweeteners and you will be done as soon as the almond butter is smooth.
- If using an older model just keep processing scraping down the sides as needed
- My food processor is older and it needed some help, so I added a little almond milk to get a thick, smooth & creamy texture.
- I stored mine in a covered container in the fridge and it was still nice and creamy the next day!
- * Make sure your almonds are gluten free and not processed in a facility that also processes wheat
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