ABC Nut Butter (Almond, Brazil Nut, Cashew)

abc nut butter thermomix in jar from top on green tablecloth with nuts scattered around, edge of toast on place on right hand side

Nut butter is so easy to make in the Thermomix! It’s a staple in our house and our favourite mix is A-B-C: Almond, Brazil nut and Cashew. You can pretty much use any combination of nuts you have on hand, though.

I buy all of our nuts (and most other pantry dry goods too) from Pistachios Organic Pantry here in Perth. I have no affiliation with them, but I do like to share other small businesses, especially local ones. All of their products are organic and the pricing is good.

What’s Needed to Make ABC Nut Butter in the Thermomix

With just six ingredients (and two of them are optional) this is a very simple recipe for a great nut butter.

Almonds, Brazil nuts and cashews: Nuts in general are a good source of protein, good fats and fibre. They’re a tasty, healthy, convenient snack as is, but blitzing them up into a nut butter such as this one makes a versatile way to get them into your diet.

Oil: Nuts are high in fats so you don’t need a lot of oil in this. Adding a small amount makes the nut butter a nice spreadable consistency.

Vanilla: Added purely for flavour, vanilla is not a traditional inclusion in a nut butter. It does add a lovely element to this and although it’s optional, I highly recommend you include it. It’s fine to use powder or extract. You could even scrape some seeds out of a vanilla pod into it.

Salt: A natural flavour enhancer, salt will bring sweetness out of the nuts and vanilla.

Related Recipes

Once you’ve made a batch of this ABC Nut Butter, you just have to use some of it in my Chewy Sesame Bars.

Or try swirling some through homemade Chunky Chocolate.

Of course a classic great way to use a nut butter like this one is to slather some on a piece of toast! Here are some bread recipes: Best Ever Spelt Bread, Super Seeded Spelt Bread, Super Seeded Bread (wheat based) and my Oh So Soft Spelt Bread Rolls.

If you fancy a divine chocolate nut butter, try this Chocolate Cashew Butter.

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ABC Nut Butter (Almond, Brazil Nut, Cashew)

Totally additive free nut butter made from scratch by you. Just nuts, oil, vanilla and salt.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time0 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Condiment
Cuisine: Dairy Free, Egg Free, Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Keyword: ABC nut butter, Thermomix nut butter
Servings: 21 20g serves
Calories: 121kcal

Ingredients

  • 180 g almonds
  • 100 g Brazil nuts
  • 100 g cashews
  • 30-50 g oil of your choice I use macadamia oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla powder or 2 tsp vanilla extract, optional
  • 1/2 tsp salt optional

Instructions

  • Place nuts in a medium-sized frying pan. Toast for 6-8 minutes, until lightly browned. Be sure to toss the nuts regularly to ensure they don’t burn.
  • Transfer toasted nuts to mixer bowl. Add 30g oil, vanilla and salt. Blitz 3-5 minutes/speed 9/MC on, pausing roughly every 30 seconds to scrape down sides of bowl. Add 10-20g of the remaining oil if necessary after a couple of minutes of blending.
  • When oils have been released from nuts and texture of the nut butter is smooth and spreadable, transfer to a clean jar. Store in the fridge.

Notes

You may like to add a little sweetener to this – a teaspoon or two of honey is my favourite but any type of sweetener will work nicely.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serve | Calories: 121kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 56mg | Potassium: 117mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg

Please note, nutrition information is calculated via an online recipe nutrition calculator and is a guide only. It is provided as a courtesy and is not guaranteed 100% accurate. I am not a nutritionist or trained health professional.

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Josefina
Josefina
5 years ago

Can I use only almonds?

Racharl
Racharl
6 years ago

How long will this last in the fridge?
Also do u think you could freeze this?

Kim
Kim
6 years ago

Can I use extra virgin coconut oil for this recipe? Will the smell of coconut oil come through?

Lou
Lou
6 years ago

My first ever attempt at a nut butter and it worked perfectly! Thanks so much! Yummy on toast, on celery with sultanas or with apple slices. And of course in your sesame seed bars. I didn’t have quite enough brazil nuts so just added more of the others and still perfect. 🙂

Wendy
Wendy
6 years ago

What could I use instead of cashews? I cant tolerate them anymore

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Caroline
Caroline
6 years ago

I’ve tried a few different nut butter recipes but this is far the best. I didn’t have Brazil nuts so used extra cashew & almonds. Beautiful.

Clare
Clare
6 years ago

So easy to make and very yummy. First time attempting any nut butter. Love it!

Lisa
Lisa
6 years ago

This nut butter is by far my favourite! I found i had to process it quite a bit longer to get it to release the oils and get really nice. I also put in less salt but would leave it out next time.

EmilyMaine
6 years ago
Reply to  Lisa

I think I will leave out the salt next time too actually.

EmilyMaine
6 years ago

Your but bitter actually looks a bit oily and smooth as it should. Mine looks quite crumbly still and I even added an additional 10g of oil on top of the 40g. Any ideas?????

EmilyMaine
6 years ago
Reply to  Thermobexta

Yes I did all those things! I processed long and will add a touch of oil to jar when I put it in. The mix is more moist now but still drier than I’d like. Thx for the speedy reply!

EmilyMaine
6 years ago
Reply to  Thermobexta

I was a little bit stressed about burning my nuts and maybe I took them off a little early which meant the oils didn’t release so well??? Just putting this note here for other who might be having the same problem. I ended using an extra 20g maca oil total and an extra 1min processing time stopping every 30 secs to scrape down.

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