So I made these amazing white chocolate raspberry blondies today made with coconut butter instead of butter or oil. I’ll post that on Monday but I figured I’d show you how to make coconut butter first because who wants to pay those crazy prices?
A few people mentioned in my recent recipes with coconut butter that they didn’t know you could make your own. So here we go!
In case you’ve never heard of or seen coconut butter before (like me a few months ago), it’s different than coconut oil. Coconut oil is the oil that is pressed out of coconut meat. Refined coconut oil has no coconut taste and when kept in the fridge, it’s hard like cold shortening. Depending on your kitchen’s temperature, it’s either soft or fluid at room temperature. Unrefined coconut oil does have coconut taste, but I’ve never found it so I can’t give you any info on the texture.
And this right here? It’s just ground up coconut flakes. I’ve read that the two are often interchangeable, but in my recipes, they definitely aren’t. And I’ve never had store bought coconut butter so I can’t compare the two.
I don’t really like to eat the stuff plain, but I love baking with it. You can expect to see a lot more coconut butter containing recipes around here! The combination with peanut butter is magical. Raspberries too.
Homemade Coconut Butter
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- Yield: 2¼ cups coconut butter
Ingredients
- 600g (~ 7½ cups with tiny German flakes) unsweetened coconut flakes or unsweetened shredded coconut
Directions
- Fill the food processor at least halfway with coconut flakes (~ 2 cups in my case).
- Process until creamy like the pictures, stopping it every few minutes to scrape down the sides and letting it cool a little if it feels too warm. Don't kill your food processor!
Notes
- It takes so long to make that I almost fill the bowl and the stuff seems to last forever. My food processor is a 14.5 cupper for reference.
- Supposedly, with a Vitamix, it takes one minute. With normal food processors, it takes about 10 minutes.
- If you use desiccated (which is drier than coconut flakes and shredded coconut), expect 15 - 20 minutes. Store at room temperature and stir before using.
22 comments on "Homemade Coconut Butter" — Add one!
Do you think this would work in a Betty Crocker blender? lol
I'm afraid not. :( Only a food processor or a super high power blender like a Blendtec or a Vitamix would work.
Great! And coconut milk you get by adding hot water.
miletree – No problem!
OK, thanks. Where I live, fresh coconut is way cheaper than processed. Thanks for checking.
I've never used fresh coconut so I did some googling. It appears as this is highly unrecommended. It took this person four hours to do, including one hour in the processor.
http://www.lilyshealthpad.com/2010/04/29/adventures-in-making-fresh-coconut-butter/
How would you make this with fresh coconut?
Kathryn – So sorry for my slow reply! I somehow didn't see this comment. If you have a super powerful blender like a Vitamix, it's okay. But in my normal blender, it wouldn't work because I really have to use some kind of liquid or it won't work. I hope you can find a solution! :)
can you make this in a blender? i don't have a food processor….
ceekee19 – Yay! Was is the peanut butter date squares that worked out well? So happy that it finally worked. You have no idea how worried I was when I got read your Facebook message around midnight. I couldn't get to sleep, wishing there was some way I could contact you to find out what went wrong! Thanks again for leaving feedback. :)
This works so well. Once I finally got the right blade on my blender (I used the grinder rather than blender blade) it was pretty quick. The outcome is $3.99 for a whole 8oz jar of the most delectably delicious coconut butter. Already used in recipes that taste sublime! Thanks to Erin for inspiring once again! :-)
luckybunny – Thank you! I hope it works out for you. Just keep processing! It will eventually turn into coconut butter. :)
Really great recipe! I'll absolutely have to try it. Great blog too!
Lora – Yup, it's annoying having to make everything yourself. But some stuff like peanut butter, coconut butter and nut butters in general are always better to make yourself. So much cheaper. :)
When I lived in Germany I was always making my own ingredients to compensate for lack of access. Now that I have access to everything in NYC I feel guilty if I don't make my own. Crzay right? This is fabulous!
Natasha – Yay! I'm happy you're getting in on the homemade nut-like butter fun. :)
Kathryn – YES! You need one. I use mine almost every day and often twice a day.
Marisha – So happy that this post has been useful to you! All of the "I didn't know you could do that comments!" have made me really happy. Thanks Marisha and everyone else. :)
I'm so excited!! I was wondering how but didn't know it was SO simple. Thanks!!!
I had no idea that you could do this – what an awesome idea! And another recipe that makes me think that I really need a proper (ie not tiny!) food processor!
Oh! Now that you've had me make my own peanut butter, I'm totally going to make my own coconut butter, too!!
Amy – You should really try it! The combination with peanut butter is just amazing. :)
Becca – Yay for finding coconut oil! I'm happy that this post did some good. I always worry about posting things like this and peanut butter that consist of dumping something into a food processor and hitting go. So thanks for letting me know!
Oh my gosh! This is awesome! I had a feeling you could make coconut butter like the natural peanut butter, but I wasn't completely sure. And I mangaged to find coconut oil at my local grocery store, so now I can make whatever! :) yay!
awesome – i'll definitely have to try this! you're so clever. =)