15+ Homemade Nut Butter Recipes
Ready for the ultimate guide to homemade nut butter? Say goodbye to expensive store-bought nut butter and hello to homemade goodness! Here are 15+ easy vegan and gluten-free nut and seed butter recipes to whip up asap! Enjoy these flavored nut butters mixed into oatmeal, as an açai bowl topping, or with a slice of sourdough bread.
Nut butter runs deep in this kitchen. So many of the recipes on Bakerita, and throughout the cookbook, are built around some form of it…whether that’s cashew butter folded into a batter, peanut butter swirled into a frosting, or an entire jar of cookie dough cashew butter that I may or may not eat with a spoon.
Making your own at home sounds more involved than it actually is. All you need is a food processor or high-powered blender, your nuts or seeds of choice, and maybe a few extras to flavor it up. The result is fresher, cheaper, and way more interesting than anything you’ll find at the store.
This roundup covers 15+ homemade nut butter recipes, from simple single-ingredient spreads to more creative flavored versions. Spread them on gluten-free sourdough toast, stir them into oatmeal, dollop them on an açai bowl, or honestly just eat them straight from the jar. No judgment here.
How to Make Homemade Nut Butter
The process is simpler than most people expect. Add your nuts or seeds to a food processor or high-powered blender and blend, scraping down the sides as needed, until completely smooth and creamy. That’s genuinely it for the basics. Depending on the nut, it can take anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes of blending to get a truly silky result — just be patient and let the machine do the work.
From there, the flavor possibilities are wide open. Add cinnamon, vanilla, cocoa powder, dried fruit, seeds, maple syrup, or anything else that sounds good. A pinch of sea salt is almost always a good idea.
What you need:
- A food processor or high-powered blender (a Vitamix works beautifully)
- Fresh nuts or seeds of your choice
- Any flavor additions
- A glass jar for storing
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Most homemade nut butters keep at room temperature in a sealed jar for up to 2 weeks, or in the refrigerator for up to a month. If your nut butter separates (the oil rising to the top is totally normal), just give it a good stir before using. Storing it upside down can also help prevent separation.
Vegan Chocolate Hazelnut Butter (4 Ingredients)
This Homemade Vegan Chocolate Hazelnut Butter is made with roasted hazelnuts, sweetened with coconut sugar, and is completely dairy-free, making this a delicious vegan Nutella substitute! It’s only 4 ingredients and ready in less than 10 minutes.
Banana Bread Pecan Almond Butter
You will want to spread this Banana Bread Pecan Almond Butter on everything! This creamy nut butter, made from pecans and almonds, tastes like a spreadable version of banana bread, loaded with cinnamon, nutmeg, and dried banana bits. No sugar added!
Homemade Cinnamon Raisin Almond Butter
This homemade Cinnamon Raisin Almond Butter is smooth and creamy, with chewy bits of raisins in every spoonful! Spread it on apples, bananas, toast, or just enjoy it as is.
Super Seed Nut Butter
This Super Seed Nut Butter is made with a variety of nuts and seeds, creating a smooth and creamy spread that’s super flavorful and loaded with nutrients. This delicious homemade nut + seed butter comes together quickly in a blender or food processor.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Nut Butter
This Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Nut Butter is made from Paleo- and vegan-friendly ingredients but still tastes like chocolate chip cookie dough in spreadable, nut butter form. You won’t be able to stop eating it by the spoonful!
Maple Almond Butter with Chia, Flax, and Hemp Seeds
This Maple Almond Butter is made with maple-roasted almonds and a hint of vanilla, and is even more nutritious with sunflower seeds, chia seeds, flax seeds, and hemp seeds! You’re going to want to spread this almond butter on everything.
Strawberry Cashew Butter
If you’re a homemade nut butter fan, you must try this irresistible Strawberry Cashew Butter! Flavored with freeze-dried strawberries and vanilla bean, this Paleo, vegan, sugar-free + Whole30-friendly treat will be a new favorite.
Vanilla Bean Pecan Butter
This Vanilla Bean Pecan Butter is incredibly smooth and easy to make. The buttery pecans blend up quickly into a creamy nut butter that you’ll want to spread on everything! Cinnamon and vanilla beans complement the pecans wonderfully.
5-Minute DIY Coconut Butter Recipe
Homemade Coconut Butter has just one ingredient: unsweetened shredded coconut! It’s easy to make at home in a food processor or high-powered blender in under 5 minutes, and it has a ton of uses! It’s great as a spread on its own, and can also be used as an ingredient in many different recipes.
Coconut Cashew Butter
This homemade Coconut Cashew Butter is the perfect blend of salty and sweet, and begs to be spread on toast (or just eaten with a spoon)!
White Chocolate Pretzel Peanut Butter
This creamy White Chocolate Pretzel Peanut Butter is creamy and crunchy from the salty pretzel pieces. This is the perfect combination of salty and sweet!
Dark Chocolate Coconut Almond Butter
This Dark Chocolate Coconut Almond Butter is a decadent homemade nut butter that will satisfy all your chocolate cravings. This paleo and vegan chocolate spread is perfect with bananas, apples, oatmeal, or on its own with a spoon!
Butter Pecan Nut Butter
This Butter Pecan Nut Butter is smooth and creamy, with crunchy pecan bits stirred in and all the butter pecan flavor you love! This simple-to-make spread is perfect on oatmeal, fruit, toast, or just eaten with a spoon. It’s gluten-free, sugar-free, paleo, and Whole30-approved.
Toasted Coconut Butter
This Toasted Coconut Butter is a one-ingredient treat that only takes minutes to make! It’s a smooth and creamy spread that’s full of flavor and naturally paleo, vegan, and gluten-free. Perfect gift for coconut lovers!
Banana Nut Butter with Cacao Nibs
This Banana Nut Butter with Cacao Nibs is a sweet spreadable treat made with pecans and walnuts, and crunchy cacao nibs in every bite! This sugar-free nut butter is paleo, vegan, and Whole30-friendly – you’ll want to spread it on everything.
White Chocolate Espresso Peanut Butter
This recipe for homemade White Chocolate Espresso Peanut Butter makes the perfect spread for your toast, or to eat off a spoon when a sugar craving hits! Ever since I made my White Chocolate Pretzel Peanut Butter, Iu0026#8217;ve been dreaming up tons of extravagant indulgent peanut butters and almond butters that I want to make. Iu0026#8217;ve
I am in the process of choosing recipes to make at the California state fair in uly. I have some fancy chocolate molds. Would your nut butter recipes make a good filling for bon bon chocolates?
Hi Jennine, yes they’d all be fabulous additions to the inside of a bon bon chocolate – sounds delicious! Good luck at the fair :)
Rachel,
I made this recipe this evening and it is the most delicious nut/seed butter that I have ever eaten. Thank you so much.
I used walnuts instead of pecans cause that is what I have.
I will share this recipe ei the pace I get my vitamin from if that is okay.
I heard 2 nights ago that the toasting of nuts kills all the vitamins & minerals.
Woohoo!! So glad you love the recipe, Laura.
I will never buy nut or seed butter again!! I made the Maple Almond Butter and just love it. I can see myself making all of these great recipes and giving jars as gifts! Thanks so much!
One of my favorites! So glad you’re loving it, Ann. Thanks for the review!