Homemade Walnut Butter Recipe

Optional and tasty additions include sea salt, honey, and coconut oil. I love this butter plain, but my family members prefer it with added flavors. I love nut butters. I have a wide selection of store-bought nut butters at home, including peanut butter, almond butter, and sunflower seed butter. But when it comes to walnuts, it’s not so easy to find the butter version in stores, so I like to make it at home using this simple and easy recipe. The result is wonderful! It’s tasty, creamy, and perfect for breakfast or as a filling snack.

Ingredients

You’ll only need a few simple ingredients to make this recipe. The exact measurements are included in the recipe card below. Here’s an overview of what you’ll need:

Raw shelled walnuts.Optional ingredients: Sea salt, honey, and coconut oil. The optional ingredients are indeed optional, but the butter is a bit on the bland side without them.

Instructions

Making this homemade walnut butter is so easy. All you need are shelled walnuts, a food processor, and a little patience. The process takes 10-15 minutes, and the food processor does all the work, as you can see in the video below. Scroll down to the recipe card for detailed instructions. Here are the basic steps: You start by toasting the walnuts in a 350°F oven for 8 minutes. Let them cool slightly. You can skip this step if you prefer raw butter. Personally, I find that the toasted version is more flavorful. Your next step is to process the walnuts in your food processor until very smooth and creamy, about 10 minutes. Stop a few times to scrape the sides and bottom with a rubber spatula. Now add the salt, honey, and coconut oil and process to combine. That’s it!

Frequently asked questions

Additions to the basic recipe

You can add tasty additions such as honey, sea salt, and coconut oil. But you don’t have to. I actually don’t add anything, because I really like the natural taste of walnuts. All I want is to reproduce the taste of walnuts, with a creamy and spreadable consistency. But as I said above, the plain raw butter is very mild. So if you prefer bolder flavors, do feel free to add more ingredients such as sea salt, honey, and coconut oil. See the recipe card below for exact measurements.

Serving suggestions

I confess that I love eating walnut butter with a spoon! It’s also excellent on a toasted English muffin, on almond flour bread, or you can spread it on banana bread. If you don’t mind the carbs, it’s wonderful when you spread it on fresh fruit such as bananas or apples. It’s also very good with celery sticks.