How to Make Hazelnut Butter (Roasted)

black spoon in white bowl of roasted hazelnut butter on wood plate

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How to Make Hazelnut Butter (Roasted)

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!

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Total Time25

Course: Sides

Cuisine: American

Keyword: hazelnut butter, homemade hazelnut butter, how to make hazelnut butter, roasted hazelnut butter

Servings:

Calories: 217kcal

Author: Brandi Doming

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.

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