i am going {coco}nuts!
March 23, 2011 Not really though. I’m actually feeling quite calm. A bit stressed, but everything with the house will all eventually be done. We might have to be inconvenienced without a complete kitchen + with boxes piled around, but those are things we can deal with. It will all be worth it soon!
The arches have been dry-walled and the 1/2 wall has been extended out. Soon I will be able to paint over what is left of the yellow.
View from the kitchen as of Saturday.
View from the kitchen as of Wednesday. Exciting!!!!
The plumber came today, can you tell??
Washing machine plumbing to the left, ice + water box to the bottom right, facing into the kitchen.
Michelle stopped by to say hi + give me a ride home. :) Tomorrow, I will be riding my bike to the house. It’s about 3 miles from where we currently live. It will be the first day I don’t have to haul paint to the house, so the bike is doable!
I got home around 2pm and actually relaxed for a little while, which was lovely.
Then I got busy in the kitchen because my nut butter supply was all out!
Ooops! Still have the wide-angle lens on from the house! Light bounce to the left!
I <3 almonds.
I also love wide angle lenses.
Wide-angle off, Tamron 28-75mm f2.8, on!
So what was in today’s batch?
A stellar combination.
I combined coconut butter + almond butter into ONE!
Luscious.
I actually started by making a large batch of plain almond butter. Then I split it in half to make 2 different almond butter recipes. It’s so fun to do this and not much extra work at all.
After butterizing the almonds, I scraped out the food processor bowl, and added in 2c of unsweetened shredded coconut. I didn’t have to clean the processor from the leftover bits of almond butter, since I was combining the 2 anyways.
This is what the coconut butter will look like. It is extremely drippy!
I also added cinnamon, vanilla, salt and a drizzle of honey. It’s extremely thick + creamy. I’m curious to see if it hardens from the coconut butter, which becomes hard at room temp.
We’ll see in the morning!
Coconut Almond Butter
- 1.5c raw almonds
- 2c unsweetened, shredded coconut
- 1.5t vanilla
- 2t cinnamon
- 1/4t salt
- 2t honey [optional]
- Set your oven to 325* and roast almonds, on a pan, in a single layer. This should take about 15min, stirring 1-2x, until golden brown.
- Let cool 5min
- Add to your food processor and process until drippy, scraping the bowl as needed. This should take between 6-10min. Oil should not be necessary.
- Scrape out the almond butter into a bowl.
- Add coconut to the food processor and process until drippy. This should take about 5min.
- Add almond butter back in with the coconut butter and process until combined and smooth.
- Add in vanilla, cinnamon + salt.
- Process and scrape as needed, until well combined and drippy.
- Add in the honey and process again until smooth.
The almond butter is eating the spoon!
Breakfast can’t come soon enough!
Ashley
Recipes, almond butter, almonds, house
Reader Comments (77)
Yeah! Keep up the good work! And that nut butter :) YUM!! coconut and almonds! AmAZINg!!
I need to make some almond butter asap! Or hazelnut, I have a bunch of roasted hazelnuts, maybe they'll make a good butter!
love this coconut almond combo :)
What a great idea! Coconut almond butter is definitely on my list of things to make now :)
My parents fly in tonight to visit for a few days - and they're bringing me a food processor. I can't wait to start making all these nut butters that you create! :)
oh, the place is coming together. i'm seriously excited for you two. it's fun.
It looks so gooey and yummy!
A hybrid of my two favorite spreads in the entire world! I wonder what would happen if you used a chocolate almond butter or your amazing pumpkin spice almond butter...
I miss my food processor! I'm living without one for a few months, and I am craving some homemade butters! Want to send some to me in new zealand ;)
Now that I have my food processor back, I am so making some almond butter. THink I might start with this one.
Your house looks like it is coming along!
Oh the coconut AB looks awesome and my bet is that yes, it WILL harden by morning. Keep us posted, inquiring minds wanna know.
Just like I love knowing "Wide-angle off, Tamron 28-75mm f2.8, on"-- yay!
Lightroom 3. Did a post on it (right after i posted about it, realized Kath did too) but just wanted to lyk I am digging it...AND two photos of mine that I re-submitted to foodgawker after editing them, made it in! So i am now a LR convert and believer :)
yum! i love the cinnamon-vanilla-honey combination going on too!
yesssss!!! thank you for this recipe!!!!!!!!! really want to try and make peanutbutter or in this case... almond butter by myself! this will be shared on my blog? may I??
THANKS
Steph
Such a great idea! If I didn't have so much peanut butter right now, I'd be making this!!
I need to make peanut butter...I still have the remaining half of a 10lb bag of peanuts from my grandmother. You have inspired me to get on that today!
holy delicious, i want some!
Looks amazing; both the almond butter and the progress on the house!
Almonds and coconut are a match made in heaven. Looks delish!
xo
Ahh! I wish I had my food processor with me. Coconut almond butter was one of my first creations (but I added orange zest...o'm'gosh yum). Mine did harden just like coconut butter, so I bet yours will, too.
The house progress is wonderful!
I'm not a big coconut fan, but I love almonds -- I need to get a food proc so I can make my own almond butter!
Looks like you're making great progress! Can't wait to see the end result!
That looks like heaven!
Wow...how do you know what to even DO to a new house??!! I'd be so clueless. I'm just scared to have to mow my own yard. ;)
Of course!! :)
It's still drippy!! :) I'll check out your post...very cool! Congrats on the photos!
I was out of chocolate...believe me, that was my first thought!
Awesome!!!!
Oh yum!! My favorite thing lately is to drizzle some coconut butter (homemade) ON TOP of my maple cinnamon almond butter (homemade). I could make this and just cut out the middle step! :)
The house progress looks amazing!
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Looks fabulous. I made some last week that was just almonds and massive amounts of cinnamon. SO GOOD! Okay...I made the buckwheat bake today for breakfast. UH-MAZING! It is so filling! I am in love! :)
The house is looking grand! I can't wait ( and I am sure you can't) til its finished! I've been dying to add coconut to my nut butters too after hearing how great the tropical traditions coconut peanut butter is. This looks so good!
I love coconut and almond butter together! One of my favorite combos of butters...Your house looks so nice! I'm dying to have a home of my own that I can renovate/change to my dream home! I can't wait to see the final pictures!
I love the first photo of the almond butter. It looks like a delicious almond-y soft-serve.
The almond butter looks luscious!
Wow the house is looking awesome! I'm so excited for you! Let us know about the coco almond butter, I'm curious if it hardens up too. It looks so good :)
you should start your own nut butter company. you'd make mega millions!
Last night I was talking to my mom about your amazing nut butters (were your ears burning?) and then here you are making another crazy combo. Love it!!!
This nut butter looks divine! You make the best nut butters :)
Your nut butters always look so delicious. I have an awesome food processor and love nut butter, so I need to just take the plunge and make some!
You are creatively amazing, woman! I'm fresh out of almond butter so I may just be giving this one a try. I LURVED your cocoa- nut almond butter, so I'm sure I'd love this one way more :)
Coconut and almonds? I'm all over this. I was waiting for some genius to come up with this combo!
Coconut almond butter?!? YUM! Two of my most favorite things ever...combined! AWESOME :-)
Yum. For some reason the up-close photo of the pan of almonds is just so pretty to me...I love the contrast between the lines of the pan/dishtowel and the almond shapes!
i think when I attempted almond butter once before it didnt work because I didnt let it blend long enough! wow 6-10 minutes! ok, I guess next time I just have to be patient :) it just gets hard when it smells so darn good!!!
The house is coming together SO well--how fun!! Keep on keeping on, it'll totally be worth it in the end!
And that nut butter? oh baby, you've done it again!
Swooooon. If there was ever a better combination then this, I don't know what the world has come to. This looks beyond delicious!! You should do a giveaway on a jar:)
Brilliant and delicious!
Can't wait to see what you came up with to use this amazing combo!
Perhaps I will make this! today seems like a great food processor day!
Ahhh, I can't wait until the end is in sight!
Yes, it takes quite some time! If you have an 11c, never use more than 3c nuts and if you have a 7c never use more than 1.5-2c...sometimes that causes problems as well. :)
Thanks !!
too kind :)