Maple Sea Salt Pistachio Butter

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Homemade pistachio butter is easier to make than you think. Throw all of the ingredients for this maple sea salt pistachio butter into a food processor and process until smooth and creamy.

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Creamy Pistachio Butter

The most refined and glorious nut in all the land is the pistachio. It is a nut with a distinct flavor and it makes great nut butter. This pistachio butter recipe is processed on high with a bit of maple syrup and salt and has incredible flavor.

The best part about this pistachio butter

  • Pistachio butter is creamy and delicious on toast or used as a dip for fruit.
  • If you can’t have peanut butter it is a great alternative.
  • This nut butter is an easy sweet and salty snack.
Shelled pistachios on a counter.
  • Unsalted, roasted pistachio nuts- we prefer to use roasted pistachio nuts for our pistachio nut butter. It adds a delicious flavor. If you have raw pistachios, roast them before making nut butter.
  • Maple syrup- maple syrup and pistachios complement each other. Maple syrup adds the perfect amount of sweetness to salty nut butter.
  • Salt- salt is great for both enhancing all of the ingredients used, but it’s also a ‘sea salt’ nut butter and flakey sea salt will be your best friend.
  • Coconut oil- the coconut oil is used only if your nut butter needs to be thinned out.
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How to Make Homemade Pistachio Butter

  1. Place the pistachios, maple syrup, and ½ teaspoon of salt in a high-powered food processor. Process on high for 8-10 minutes, stopping every few minutes to scrape the sides if needed.
  2. If the pistachios have a hard time releasing their natural oil (getting the mixture to be drippy), add 1 to 2 tablespoons of coconut oil.
  3. Once all of the ingredients have been processed into drippy nut butter, transfer the pistachio butter into a jar and add the remaining salt, if desired.
  4. Serve over toast, with fruit, vegetables, or any way you’d like.

top tip

When you process the pistachios into a nut butter it should be creamy, smooth, and drippy. If the pistachio nut butter is dry and not processing, add 1 tablespoon of coconut oil at a time until the nut butter is smooth.

jar of peanut butter.

How to Make

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FAQ

Is pistachio butter good for you?

Pistachio butter can be good for you in moderation. It is rich in healthy fats and protein.

What do you use pistachio butter for?

You can use pistachio butter as a topping on toast, with fruit, and anything else that you would use nut butter for.

Can I substitute pistachio butter for other nut butters?

Yes, you can substitute other nut butters for pistachio butter. If you are using pistachio butter for baking, be aware that all nut butters bake slightly different.

Pistachio butter in a glass container.

Ways to Use Homemade Pistachio Butter

Smoothies: feel free to top or add pistachio butter to your favorite smoothie. Try it on one of our smoothie bowls or swap it for the peanut butter in our peanut butter banana smoothie.

Pistachio Butter Cups: bye bye peanut butter cups. Try our pistachio butter cups.

Toast: there is truly nothing better than almond butter on toast plus your favorite fruit on top.

Pistachio butter on toast.
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Maple Sea Salt Pistachio Butter

This pistachio butter is sweetened with a bit of maple syrup and a little savory with salt. It is perfect slathered on toast or used as a nut butter with apples. Yum!
Prep: 20 minutes
Total: 20 minutes
Servings: 6
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Ingredients 

  • 2 cups of roasted pistachio nuts
  • 1-2 tablespoons maple syrup, to taste
  • pinch of sea salt
  • 1-3 tablespoons coconut oil, if needed

Instructions 

  • Place 2 cups of pistachios nuts and a pinch of sea salt in a food processor.
    Roasted pistachios on the counter.
  • Process on high, frequently stopping to scrape if needed.
  • Process nuts anywhere from 4-10 minutes or until smooth and drippy. If you nuts have a hard time releasing their natural oil (getting the mixture to be drippy), add 1 to 3 tablespoons of coconut oil.
    Pistachios being processed in the food processor.
  • Once the pistachios are smooth add in maple syrup or your sweetener of choice.
    Creamy pistachio butter in a food processor.

Tips & Notes

  • We do not recommend using a high-speed blender, they don’t get the job done. 
  • Don’t quit on the pistachio butter if it takes some time to process into butter, it takes a while.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 /6, Calories: 165 kcal, Carbohydrates: 10 g, Protein: 4 g, Fat: 14 g, Fiber: 2 g, Sugar: 6 g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Photography: photos taken in this post are by Ashley McGlaughlin from The Edible Perspective.

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Janet
Janet
March 14, 2024 3:59 pm

5 stars
Love to make this as a special treat for my family! The flavor is amazing.

Rachel Mansfield
November 8, 2015 12:11 pm

Oh my gosh I LOVE this idea! I haven’t ever seen or ate pistachio butter!! DEFINITELY trying this ASAP! Thanks for the idea Lee!

xx

Lauren
February 2, 2015 4:26 pm

I made this today and it is LIFE changing. Between this and the gingerbread almond cashew butter I made last week, I might never buy nut butter again! (yah right) But really it is absolutely delicious and you can’t buy stuff like this in the store. Thanks!

Lauren
February 2, 2015 6:13 pm
Reply to  Lee Funke

Yes, I bought shelled roasted AND salted pistachios, so I added coconut oil and some sea salt, it ended up being too salty. Lesson learned. But I’m still eating it all ๐Ÿ™‚

Christie - Food Done Light
November 6, 2014 8:02 am

The next best thing since nutella and healthy too.

kristy @ the wicked noodle
November 6, 2014 7:43 am

WOW, I love the sound of this!!

Lynda@fitnessmomwinecountry
September 16, 2014 1:58 pm

I have never had Pistachio nut butter, and I don’t even think the pistachios would make it into butter because I would just eat them all!! Love this idea ๐Ÿ™‚

May
May
July 21, 2014 7:20 pm

This stuff is like crack!! Irresistible and just the right amout of sweetness. Thanks for sharing (-:

Hilary
Hilary
February 12, 2014 3:56 pm

Guess i would like the full recipe step by step so i can make it!!!

joe
joe
February 20, 2014 11:49 am
Reply to  Lee Funke

Could you post or send me the measurements? Thanks!!!

Hilary
Hilary
February 12, 2014 3:53 pm

How much syrup and salt did you use for the batch?