How to make Hazelnut Butter at home is a very simple, easy recipe using roasted hazelnuts! It is so silky smooth, creamy, slightly sweet and absolutely delicious!
HOMEMADE HAZELNUT BUTTER
I love making homemade nut butters so much. I even did a whole post on them! My most used nut butter recipes are roasted almond butter and cashew butter, but I have to tell you, this homemade simple hazelnut butter is so dreamy, I honestly eat it with a spoon!
Hazelnuts are very robust and strong in flavor, almost bitter. But when you roast them, their natural oils release and after blending it into a creamy texture, it has a wonderful sweet flavor to it.
They are also a healthy whole food source of fat with many health benefits. They contain very little saturated fat, got a decent amount of protein and potassium in them and loaded with antioxidants! Additionally, they are a great source of Vitamin E!
The only ingredient you need to make hazelnut butter is hazelnuts! Make sure to buy them whole with the skins on them, since we are roasting them ourselves.
HOW TO MAKE HAZELNUT BUTTER
Step 1: Add the hazelnuts onto a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Spread them out evenly.
Step 2: Roast at 325°F for 15 minutes until golden brown and looking a bit oily on top. Watch closely the last couple of minutes to make sure they aren’t burning. Your whole house will smell amazing!
Step 3: Cool on the pan for about 10 minutes, until they are cool enough to handle with your hands.
Step 4: Add the hazelnuts to a clean kitchen towel. Gather up all the sides and rub vigorously all over the towel, sides and bottom, rubbing the hazelnuts well. This will loosen most of the skins. Do not worry about getting every single skin off. Some left are ok. You should have lots of dark brown skins of the hazelnuts left on the towel.
You can see just how many skins are left behind after rubbing them!
Step 5: Scoop up all of the hazelnuts carefully in small amounts, leaving behind the skins, and place them either in a Vitamix or a food processor. Do not use a standard blender, it will not blend up properly! I used my Vitamix and it worked like a dream in just a few minutes.
Step 6: Start out blending on low and it will turn into a bunch of tiny pieces. You will have to stop and scrape down the sides and shake the container (if using the blender) several times in the beginning.
Step 7: Keep doing this until it starts to come together into a paste. Once it reaches this stage, run it gradually turning up to high until it becomes super smooth and runny. It will be nearly a liquid when you test it with a spoon. That is how you will know it’s done. This will vary depending on if you use a Vitamix or a food processor, but this happened within about 5 minutes in my blender.
This homemade hazelnut butter tastes absolutely amazing plain like this! It is slightly sweet, super warm and robust in flavor. But, if you like, you could add a pinch of salt or coconut sugar if you want it sweet. I do not advise adding maple syrup or a liquid sweetener. Adding liquid sweetener to nut butters causes them to seize up often in a blender or food processor.
WAYS TO SERVE THIS HAZELNUT BUTTER
- Baking: This is excellent in baking in place of almond butter or oil in cookies. Like these vegan hazelnut chocolate chip cookies or homemade vegan Nutella! Keep in mind it is very runny, more so than almond or cashew butter, for example, so it will make your batter more runny, so you may want to use less than a recipe calls for.
- Toast: Roasted hazelnut butter will seriously bring your toast game to next level status!
- Fruit: Dip some apples in this, yum!
MAKING HAZELNUT BUTTER VIDEO
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How to Make Hazelnut Butter (Roasted)
Ingredients
- 2 cups (276g) raw hazelnuts with skins
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F and line a pan with parchment paper.
- Spread the hazelnuts out evenly on the pan.
- Roast at 325°F for 15 minutes until golden brown and looking a bit oily on top. Watch closely the last couple of minutes to make sure they aren’t burning. Your whole house will smell amazing!
- Cool on the pan for about 10 minutes, until they are cool enough to handle with your hands.
- Add the hazelnuts to a clean kitchen towel. Gather up all the sides and rub vigorously all over the towel, sides and bottom, rubbing the hazelnuts well. Refer to post for visual step-by-step photos. This will loosen most of the skins. Do not worry about getting every single skin off. Some left are ok. You should have lots of dark brown skins of the hazelnuts left on the towel.
- Scoop up all of the hazelnuts carefully in small amounts, leaving behind the skins, and place them either in a Vitamix or a food processor. Do not use a standard blender, it will not blend up properly! I used my Vitamix and it worked like a dream in just a few minutes.
- Start out blending on low and it will turn into a bunch of tiny pieces. You will have to stop and scrape down the sides and shake the container (if using the blender) several times in the beginning.
- Keep doing this until it starts to come together into a paste. Once it reaches this stage, run it gradually turning up to high until it becomes super smooth and runny. It will be nearly a liquid when you test it with a spoon. That is how you will know it’s done. This will vary depending on if you use a Vitamix or a food processor, but this happened within about 5 minutes in my blender.
- It tastes absolutely amazing plain like this! It is so good, I add nothing to it! Not even salt. It is slightly sweet, super warm and robust in flavor. But, if you like, you could add a pinch of salt or coconut sugar if you want it sweet. I do not advise adding maple syrup or a liquid sweetener. Adding liquid sweetener to nut butters causes them to seize up often in a blender or food processor.
Nutrition
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How long will this last (in a jar in the fridge)?
Hi Barney, this should last several weeks in the fridge!
Excellent instructions I love the nut butter, I actually shelled and roasted the hazelnuts.
One question when I store does it need refrigeration?
Awesome! You don’t have to refrigerate it if you use it within a couple of weeks, but it will last much longer in the fridge and not go bad.
This was brilliant!! Thank you for posting this recipe! Super easy and yummy!
My pleasure!
Just made it! I toasted nuts in pan on stovetop – didn’t remove the skins – into my Nutribullet, worked great. I like nut butters with a little texture so did not blend until totally smooth. It’ll be my treat tonight with sliced apples. I was gifted a bag of raw hazelnuts so I googled and found your recipe. So easy, so delicious – thank you! I didn’t know hazelnuts are also known as filberts. We’re learning every day!
Love with Hazelnut butter. Thanks for providing easy recipe!
I bought roasted Hazelnuts from Adnoor, you must try them.
This was so easy and fun! I roasted the hazelnuts a little too long but I think it still turned out great! Thank you so much!:)
Brandi, what I loved about your video was it was short and to the point! It’s why I chose to check yours originally (I’m getting tired of 8-10 minute videos when I need less than a minute! 😀 ). Your pics with text and short video are spot on.
I’ve made other nut butters before, but the towel trick is very clever!
Haha aww thank you Cyphar! So glad to hear you enjoy my videos!
I’ve not yet made your delicious sounding & looking nut butters. I have some questions first.
1. once made, how long does it last and does it need refrigeration?
2. I envision a row of glass bottles, labeled separately by nut butter, in the refrigerator
is glass the best container for leftovers?
3 does the shelf/ refrigerator life vary depending on nut variety?
4. how much end product comes from 1 cup nuts?
thanks!
It’ll last a couple of weeks or more. You don’t have to refrigerate it but it will last and stay fresh much longer in the fridge. Yes, I’d use glass. You’ll get about 1/2 the amount of nuts into nut butter.
One bag of hazelnuts from Costco makes about 4 jars of 250 ml it’s spectacular and it’s worth making your own Ian hooked
This turned out tasty. Just hazelnuts, that’s it, and it’s so delicious. Had to use the tamper that comes with the Vitamix to keep the nuts going into the blade during mixing. Thanks for the recipe.
Awesome! Yes, I agree, it’s so delicious just on its own!
I love hazelnuts but I’d never tried hazelnut butter before. The best kind of nut butter and so easy to make, thank you for this recipe!
Quick question – how long does this keep?
So glad you loved it! It will keep a few weeks in the pantry and much longer in the fridge!
Thank you!
Brilliant! Spent too much time hunting for hazelnut butter then the store assistant in health food shop suggested I make some – a dead easy solution for the small quantity I required – & tastes delicious. Won’t bother trying to source any again. Thanks. Used my Cuisinart grinder – it was really quick.
Can I use hazelnuts that come already roasted & skinned?
You can try! I’ve just only ever done it by roasting them myself so I can’t compare the two. Let me know if you try it!