How to Make Coconut Butter (And Recipes to Use In!)

glass bowl of coconut butter with some dripping off spoon

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How to Make Coconut Butter (And Recipes to Use In!)

Learn how to make your own Homemade Coconut Butter in 10 minutes! Just 1 ingredient! Use for cakes, cupcakes, toast, muffins, fudge. So easy and so delicious!

Prep Time10

Total Time10

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American, Gluten-free, Vegan

Keyword: coconut butter, homemade coconut butter, how to make coconut butter

Servings:

Calories: 142kcal

Author: Brandi Doming

Ingredients

3 cups of unsweetened shredded coconut (use the whole 12oz bag if you have an extra large food processor) DO NOT USE A DEFATTED or REDUCED FAT coconut
I use this food processor.

Instructions

Just add to a food processor and let it run 5-10 minutes and voila, coconut butter! That's how fast it goes for me in the summer. If your climate is cooler, you may need to let it run twice as long. Scrape the sides as necessary. It will seem as though nothing is happening the first 2 minutes, but let it keep going. It will start to thicken as a paste, keep going, and before you know it, it will turn into silky smooth coconut butter. Please note that depending on the size of your food processor, it may require more or less coconut to process properly and the time may take longer.
Keep the coconut butter stored at room temperature in the pantry. It will keep for months. It will become very hard during storage. To use again, you will need to warm it first, so that it becomes a liquid again.
To do this, heat the glass container for 15-30 seconds just until it is soft enough to stir it around. Stir until it becomes soft and chunky. If needed, heat another 5-10 seconds and stir until it is completely liquid and melted before using in a recipe. As you continue to stir, the warmth helps it to turn into liquid. Be very careful about overheating coconut, or it will burn and be ruined.

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