Move over almond butter, there’s a new kid on the block. Like all things, fashion and food alike, we go through phases of fascination – or fads. We went through the carb-free Atkins phase, the “I must be allergic to gluten” phase, the cupcakes are the new dessert phase; we’re still in the gourmet donut phase, Pho everything phase, and don’t forget about the Nutella and Biscoff phases. Like all great food phases, we indulge until there’s something better.
We’ve sufficiently moved past peanut butter into an all nut butters phase. I’m sure you’ve at least heard of, if not tasted, almond butter. It’s delicious by the way. But be careful! Make sure to read the ingredients on your jar of almond butter. The best (and healthiest) almond butters are made with almonds (duh), and only almonds. If your jar indicates other ingredients, it had better be because you’ve picked up the jar with an added flavor – like chocolate. Otherwise, ingredients should read “almonds.” Believe it or not, the best almond butter is Costco’s Kirkland brand. Yes! You read that right; Costco.
My full intention when I walked into Costco on a random Tuesday afternoon was to get almonds to make homemade almond butter. I left with beach towels, cashews, Ziploc bags, salad stuff, snacks … oh yea, and almonds. As usual, I overspent and over bought, but I didn’t forget the almonds! Then when I got home, I decided I didn’t want to make almond butter anymore. Side note, I realized we still had a jar of Kirkland almond butter in the fridge. So I dusted off the food processor and experimented with cashews.
It works. Just stick the cashews in the food processor and let the machine work its magic. However, it takes patience (something I’m lacking). I watched the food processor crush the cashews and swirl them around and then … nothing. It honestly felt like the food processor wasn’t doing anything. I was ready to file this one under “failed kitchen experiments,” which would have sucked because I had already posted it to my Snap Story. Just when I had run out of patience, I looked inside to see creamy cashew goodness being formed!
I’m just relieved this didn’t turn into a fail.
Ingredients
- 3 cups Unsalted Cashews
- Food Processor
Instructions
- Add one cup of cashews to the food processor and process until crushed (7 seconds, max)
- Add another cup and repeat, continue until you’ve added all 3 cups of cashews
- Turn the food processor on and let it work its magic – it will feel like nothing is happening. Be patient
- Once the contents start to become creamy, use a plastic spatula to scrape down the edges
- Continue to process and scrape the sides down until completely creamy
- Don't forget to refrigerate!
