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Home » Spreads » 3 Ingredient Sugar-Free Nut Butter With Seeds

3 Ingredient Sugar-Free Nut Butter With Seeds

Author: Karon Grieve Published : April 2013

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seed and nut butter
seed and nut butter
mixed seeds and nut butter

This homemade sugar-free nut butter with added seeds is just packed with goodness, has only 3 ingredients and no sugar at all. Way better than any peanut butter from a jar!

sugar free mixed nut butter with seeds

I have a confession to make ladies, I am an addict. An all-out addict to the consuming drug that is peanut butter, or any nut butter for that matter. It has been this way since I was a teenager.

Actually it would have been this way from an earlier age had we had access to peanut butter in our house during my formative years.

I love the stuff, my favourite being that nice expensive organic crunchy stuff that sticks to your teeth and oozes an almost meaty strength of peanutty flavour – uuuuurgh yummmmmmmmmmm.

bowl with nuts behind

The worse thing happened – I ran out of peanut butter.

Now nut butter for me is not just a snackeroo, it is breakfast every morning. Peanut butter on a slice of wholemeal toast. I love it, it fills me up and keeps me going till, erm, oh hmmmmmm, well lunch time if I am not being a greedy git.

Anyway, there I was sans nut butter and after three days of indecision on the jam/jelly/marmalade front and total dissatisfaction in the breaky department I realised something Must Be Done!

Make your own nut butter!

apple dipping into bowl of nut butter

All nuts, not just peanuts

This seemed like a really good plan but I was just a tad frugal in the peanut department.

A raid on the larder and my baking basket and nut box (yes, yes I really do have a nut box and a baking basket, doesn’t everyone?) turned up a haul of pine nuts, a huge bag of mixed nuts, a few stray pecans and copious quantities of almonds.

I love almonds in every state from whole to blanched, ground to flaked. I decided that while standard peanut butter might be off the menu there was nothing to lose by going for an all out All-Nut Butter.

I make pestos all the time so thought that doing a nut butter couldn’t be very different really, just a few changes of ingredients. So here it is, 3 simple ingredients and one step to sheer heaven on a plate.

wide shot of mixed nuts with bowl and knife

Ingredients

  • 1 bag of mixed nuts (unsalted) about 350g/11oz plus some mixed seeds too if you have them (sesame, pumpkin, sunflower)
  • 1/2  teaspoon sea salt
  • Light olive oil or your choice of oil

How to make nut butter

Use a food processor and just toss in any nuts and seeds that you have around.

Add your salt.

Start pulsing the processor and start drizzling in the oil.

You want to just add enough oil to get the sort of paste consistency you personally like in peanut butter. I pulse my processor rather than go for an all-out blitzing as I like the crunch and don’t want to get that slick smooth paste.

I used a light olive oil as I wanted something with little flavour of its own. It’s the nuts and seeds who are the stars of the show and the ones who should shine and shimmer with taste.

When you get the consistency you like simply scoop it all out into a jar and enjoy any way you like. Scrape out the processor and lick your fingers!

Spoon the nut butter into a sterilised jar.

close up of bowl of nut butter with seeds scattered around and knife at side

How long will this keep?

This nut butter will keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

Serving ideas

Just use this nut butter as you would peanut butter. On a good old PBJ, on crackers.

Use your all nut and seed butter to make a great satay sauce.

Mix with some yogurt for a quick and easy dip.

I think I can now safely say that I will not be buying peanut butter again. I am now an All-Nut gal!

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How to make your own yoghurt

How to make foolproof mayonnaise

Homemade garlic oil

How to make Greek style yoghurt

How to make your own pasta

Homemade labneh (Middle Eastern yoghurt cheese)

Homemade crispbreads

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sugar free mixed nut butter with seeds

3 Ingredient Sugar-free Nut Butter With Seeds Too

Karon Grieve
Super easy recipe for healthy homemade nut butter with added seeds too
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Prep Time 10 mins
Total Time 10 mins
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Servings 1 350g jar
Calories 2323 kcal

Equipment

  • food processor

Ingredients
 

  • 350 g nuts unsalted mixed nuts
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1 tbsp Light olive oil or your choice of oil
  • 2 tbsp seeds sesame, pumpkin and sunflower

Instructions
 

  • Place nuts (and seeds if using) in food processor with the salt and pulse
  • add the oil and keep pulsing the processor till the nuts have broken down completely. You can keep the machine on but I like to keep some texture in there so keep pulsing and checking
  • scrape the nut butter into a sterilised jar
  • Store in the fridge

Notes

Calories are shown for the entire jar of nut butter
Use whatever nuts and seeds that you like for this recipe

Nutrition

Calories: 2323kcalCarbohydrates: 90gProtein: 65gFat: 204gSaturated Fat: 27gPolyunsaturated Fat: 39gMonounsaturated Fat: 120gSodium: 1205mgPotassium: 2090mgFiber: 33gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 53IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 246mgIron: 13mg
My Top Tips*Always read the full recipe first. *Assemble all your ingredients and everything you need before you start. *For baking check the size of tins I’m using as this makes a big difference to your cakes. * I use medium sized eggs unless otherwise stated. * I use extra virgin olive oil unless otherwise stated. * I use unsalted butter unless otherwise stated. * Check out My Preserving Kit!
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Comments

  1. Sue says

    April 16, 2013 at 9:54 am

    Sounds delicious, I’ll have to give this a go, but I’m a smooth kinda girl.

    Yes I’m a peanut butter addict too, but unusually it’s one of only two edible things that my Lovely Hubby doesn’t like. I don’t know why because he loves nuts and he loves butter ….. men eh!!

    Reply
    • Karon says

      April 16, 2013 at 2:00 pm

      Hi Jue, just put it on blitz instead of pulsing in your processor to get a smooth butter. You’ll ove it I promise.
      Kx

      Reply
  2. Nan says

    April 16, 2013 at 2:53 pm

    What a great idea! I ran out of peanut butter two days ago – I love it on apple slices for a late-night snack…and after eating that way for a couple of weeks now a plain apple just doesn’t cut it!

    Reply
    • Karon says

      April 17, 2013 at 12:42 pm

      Oh Nan you have just given me such a great idea. I’m off to the kitchen right now!
      Kx

      Reply
  3. Patti S. says

    April 16, 2013 at 9:48 pm

    I love peanut butter, too! I eat it straight out of the jar! This looks easy and delicious.
    Patti xxoo

    Reply
  4. Julie Wonkka says

    January 15, 2014 at 5:19 pm

    I LOVE peanut butter (couldn’t live without it kind of love!) And since I just got a brandy new Cuisinart food processor for Christmas I think I’ll have a go at making nut butter! I have scads of different nuts in the house (as I too have a nut bin!) This sounds fab and super easy. Thanks for the recipe Karon!

    Reply
  5. Yael Myriam Meir says

    May 9, 2021 at 8:39 am

    Such a funny and well-written piece. Inspiring too. thanks!

    Reply
    • Karon Grieve says

      May 10, 2021 at 10:29 am

      Thank you

      Reply

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