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.
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.
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Featured Ingredients
- 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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Food Processor
A high speed food processor is so important when making nut butters, sauces, and other creamy recipes.
How to Make Homemade Pistachio Butter
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
How to Make
Peanut Butter
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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.
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.
Maple Sea Salt Pistachio Butter
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.
- 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.
- Once the pistachios are smooth add in maple syrup or your sweetener of choice.
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 facts
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Photography: photos taken in this post are by Ashley McGlaughlin from The Edible Perspective.
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!
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It is definitely a treat!
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!
YES! It’s legit the best nut butter I’ve ever made! Did you have to add any coconut oil? It all depends on the oiliness of the batch of nuts you have 😀
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 🙂
😀 ohhhh yes. Gotta be careful with the salted! The day I found unshelled (idk if that’s a word) pistachios was the best day ever! I find when I deshell them myself, I just eat them alllll.
The next best thing since nutella and healthy too.
LOLOL. Agreed.
WOW, I love the sound of this!!
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 🙂
Haha I hear you. I LOVE pistachios. The only way I can make pistachio butter is if I buy pistachios already out of their shell. Then I can just pop em in the food processor. If I had to de-shell all of them…heck no! They’d go straight into my mouth!
This stuff is like crack!! Irresistible and just the right amout of sweetness. Thanks for sharing (-:
Glad I’m not the only one who thought that! Jar + Spoon = LOVE.
Guess i would like the full recipe step by step so i can make it!!!
Hey there! That is so odd…it used to have the recipe written out…but it’s not there anymore! I will rewrite it so you can follow step by step 😀
Could you post or send me the measurements? Thanks!!!
Recipe is posted! For some reason the formatting in my recipe widget was messed it. It is fixed!
How much syrup and salt did you use for the batch?
Hi there! For some reason the formatting in my recipe widget was messed it. It is now fixed and the full recipe has been posted! So sorry!
I broke a food processor making nut butter once. True story. Need this now!!!!!
EPIC fail. 🙂
OMG this looks amazing!!! I LOVE pistachios! I am definately going to try this. I have never made my own nut butter and to be totally honest I’ve only ever had regular old peanut butter…. time to try something new 🙂
OMG. GIRL. Your life is about to be changed.
I need a food processor! 🙂 Would a Vitamix work – OH, I don’t have that either! 😉
ABSOLUTELY. Vitamix would most definitely work and probably actually make the butter a lot faster than a food processor. Jealous of your kitchen swag, Jody!
I love homemade nut butters! I made one with hazelnuts once that was so tasty!! I’ve never had luck using raw nuts either though… something about it just doesn’t work :/
o0o baby that sounds delish. What did you sweeten it with?
Girl you are KILLING IT. So proud! This butter looks BOMB.
Ohhhhh thanks D!
Never. This looks so good and easy to make 🙂
Make this –> http://www.thehealthymaven.com/2013/08/healthy-pistachio-ice-cream.html
Ignore how messed up the post is. grrrrr
Also have I mentioned I love you?!?! Thank you for yesterday!
LOVE all the pics!!! And I’m so making this when I get my food processor (asked Santa). Can you believe I don’t have one yet!??!?!?!
OMG. I can’t even handle that situation. Go to Target right now and get one. I think Mr.s Claus has the right to get what she wants when she wants it!
I am a die hard pistachio girl! I can’t keep a bag around for more than a few days!
YES LIVI. Let’s be bffs now.
Yum! I completely forgot about my pistachio addiction (probably a good thing) but this is a nut butter I need to make! I don’t suppose you ever soak your nuts first, or if there’s a reason you don’t? (new to the nut butter game here 😉
I’ve never tried soaking them before processing! Not sure if it would work. I’d try with a less expensive nut first like peanuts if you are going to try 🙂
Does this need to be refrigerated? What is the shelf life? If I made as a gift, wanting to know how far in advance it can be made.