Pecan Nut Butter Ball

Pecan Nut Butter Ball is an all natural, sweet/salty nut butter treat perfect for spreading on sliced apples. DIY pecan butter is flavored with dates, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and sea salt. A healthy snack and dessert option!

I’ve seen a lot of tutorials on making your own nut butter. It really is as simple as tossing some raw nuts in a food processor and letting it churn into butter. I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to give it a try!

Of course, since I’ve been on a serious pecan kick lately (see my new favorite nut milk and these cookies), I had to give pecan butter a try.

Pecans went into my favorite food processor…

And voila! Five minutes or so later, I had pecan butter!

I sweetened my pecan butter with a date and added vanilla extract, cinnamon, and sea salt. The result is a sweet and salty combo that makes the perfect spread for fruit!

I love eating this with apple slices. Satisfies the sweet tooth without any guilt for dessert!

I was feeling fancy and rolled my pecan nut butter into a ball and decorated it with additional chopped pecans. It makes a pretty presentation to serve at parties! But if you just want a stash of pecan nut butter on hand, you can certainly skip rolling it into a ball and simply transfer the mixture to an airtight container and store in the fridge.

Pecan Butter Ball

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Total time

10 mins

 

Serves: 1 cup

Ingredients

• 2 cups raw pecan halves
• 1 medjool date, pitted
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp sea salt
• ½ cup raw pecans, chopped, for rolling

Instructions

1. Add pecans to bowl of food processor fitted with blade attachment. Process pecans about 5 minutes, pausing every 2 minutes or so to scrape sides and bottom of bowl, until nuts form a paste.
2. Add date, vanilla, cinnamon, and sea salt to food processor and process another 1-2 minutes. Pecan butter should pull into a ball.
3. Remove pecan mixture from bowl and roll into a smooth ball using hands.
4. Roll ball in chopped pecans and serve with sliced apples.

Notes

Keeps up to 1 week stored in airtight container in refrigerator.

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