Coconut Butter

5 from 40 votes

Creamy and delicious, coconut butter is the perfect replacement for nut butters, whether it's on toast or in baking, and is dark chocolates best friend when it comes to dipping

Prep Time5

Total Time5

Course: Snack, Sweet

Cuisine: Anytime, Dessert, Sweet

Keyword: homemade coconut butter, how to make coconut butter

Servings: cup

Calories: 1683kcal

Author: Whole Food Bellies

Equipment

High speed blender see notes

Ingredients

3 cups unsweetened coconut flakes I used toasted (see notes)

Instructions

Empty all of the coconut flakes into the jug of a high-speed blender. Start on low and process for about 2 minutes, until the mixture becomes gritty.
3 cups unsweetened coconut flakes
Stop the blender, and use a spatula to scrape down the sides of the jug. Pop the lid back on and process again, increasing the speed, for about another minute or two before repeating the stop-and-scrape process.
After about 5 minutes, and a couple of scrapes down the side of the jug, you should be able to increase the speed to max. Process at maximum speed for about 30 seconds and you should end up with a super smooth and runny coconut butter.
If it is not completely smooth you can add more blending time.
When smooth and creamy it is done. Store in a glass jar with a lid at room temperature or in the fridge (see notes).

Notes

Equipment

I used a Vitamix blender to make this batch of toasted coconut butter and it came together in about 5 minutes of blending, stopping every minute or so to scrape down the sides of the blender jug.

Depending on the strength of your blender you may need to add more time.

A food processor or hand-held immersion blender could be used also. However, the time needed will increase by a lot. You will need at least 20 minutes of processing time, and the result will not be as smooth.

Coconut Flakes

I used unsweetened toasted coconut flakes. Be sure to pick the unsalted variety.

Desiccated coconut can also be used, however, you will likely need to add at least one more cup of coconut to make up enough volume for it to catch under the blades and process smoothly.

Storing

Coconut butter should be stored in a glass jar with a lid at room temperature for about 3 months.

It can also be stored in the fridge, however, it will harden.

If it does harden, simply heat it gently in the microwave until it becomes workable.

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