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Homemade Coconut Butter

Name: Homemade Coconut Butter
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 5 cups unsweetened, untoasted shredded coconut

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15 mins Prep: 15 mins

Serves 1.5

Rich and creamy, coconut butter is super easy to make and is an incredibly versatile pantry staple!

Step 1
Add coconut to a high speed blender and blend until smooth, scraping the sides as needed.
Step 2
Transfer to a jar and keep in your pantry.
Step 3
If your coconut butter becomes hard, microwave for 10 seconds, taking it out, mixing it and repeating this process until it is runny again.
Step 4
Enjoy in recipes, on toasts, drizzled over a juicy medjool date, on pancakes or on waffles.

I only have coconut flakes on hand, can I use those? Absolutely, as long as the coconut is not toasted and is unsweetened, it should work fine.
I like my butters to have a little flavour, can I add any sweetener or salt to this? Yes, feel free to add a pinch of salt and/or a sweetener of choice – I recommend maple syrup or stevia. You can also add in a pitted date, but that might change the color a little.
I made this recipe and kept it in my pantry and now it is rock hard. What do I do? I would suggest putting it in the microwave for 10 seconds, taking it out, mixing it and repeating this process until it is runny again. Be careful – do not put it in the microwave for more than 10 seconds at a time or else there is a risk of it seizing up on you.