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Creamy, sweet, nutty maple-almond butter.
As a child, my favorite companion to white bread was the sticky-sweet Jif Peanut Butter that my mother purchased. I always chose smooth, although my brothers preferred crunchy.
It wasn't until these past couple of years that I discovered many alternatives to peanut butter; the first variety of nut butters that I encountered were almond butters, and after a hesitant, initial lick, I was absolutely hooked.
With the current economy, however, advocating smart shopping, it can get a little frustrating to have to spend over $10.00 for a regular jar of almond butter. Today, I'm going to teach you to create your own.
You only need three items:
1) Food processor: I use Cuisinart's 14 cup stainless steel food processor; it's gorgeous and so sturdy and dependable.
2) Almonds (raw, roasted, etc.)
3) A rubber spatula.
Throw the almonds into the food processor and turn it on, scraping the sides of the bowl ocassionally until the desired texture of almond butter is reached.
If you decide to sweeten up your almond butter through the addition of liquid sweeteners, please be sure to let the machine run a little bit longer after stirring in the sweetener, as it will cause the almonds to coagulate into one large almond-butter ball.
I chose to make maple-almond butter; I stirred in about a tablespoon of maple syrup to the almond mix, and after several minutes of stirring constantly and waiting for the maple to smoothly marry the almond butter, I achieved the creamy, thick and sweet butter made entirely from scratch.
Spending the time to churn your own almond butter is profitable for three reasons: 1) There are neither artificial ingredients nor fillers added into the almond butter. 2) One cup of almonds costs way less than its commercializeed, jarred butter. 3) Fresh, customizable almond butter - enough said.
Give it a try today! It's such a delicious alternative to peanut butter!
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