Coconut butter aka ‘crack on a spoon’

I have seen recipes out there for coconut butter for a while but I just haven’t gotten around to making it.  Wow!  I seriously just made crack on a spoon. So amazingly good. You MUST make this if you are the type of person who eats peanut butter out of the jar with a spoon…

I made two variations with excellent results:
1) vanilla coconut butter
Ingredients:
3 cups shredded coconut
1 Tbsp coconut oil
1 tsp vanilla
pinch sea salt

Put the first two ingredients in a food processor or Vitamix and process pushing down sides every 2-3 minutes until it liquifies (about 10 min).  Then add the vanilla and salt and process some more until smooth.  Pour into a jar and store in the pantry where it will thicken up to the consistency of peanut butter – and use just like you would use peanut butter.

2) chocolate coconut butter
Ingredients:
3 cups shredded coconut
1 Tbsp coconut oil
1 tsp vanilla
pinch sea salt
1/4 tsp cinnamon
2 Tbsp cocoa powder or carob powder

Process the same as the above recipe adding the flavorings after the butter has liquified.  This is like a coconut nutella!  Yum!  It is not that sweet – if you like things sweeter you can add raw honey or even yacon syrup.

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