Homemade Vegan Butter
Servings: 32
Creamy, golden, and totally plant-based, this vegan butter is the ultimate upgrade for everyday cooking. It spreads perfectly on warm toast, melts over roasted veggies, and bakes beautifully into cookies, muffins, scones, and any pastry that needs a rich, buttery touch. Smooth, flavorful, and surprisingly versatile, it’s something you’ll reach for again and again.
Ingredients
- 1 cup refined coconut oil it must be refined
- ½ cup almond flour finely ground one
- ½ cup water
- 2 tablespoon raw cashews
- 2 teaspoon nutritional yeast
- 1 ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 pinch turmeric, ground or more to get the color right
- ¼ cup olive oil
Instructions
- Add the almond flour, water, cashews, salt, nutritional yeast, lemon, and turmeric into a high speed blender and blend until completely smooth. Touch the blender jar and make sure the contents aren't really warm or hot.
- Gently melt the coconut oil so you can measure it when it's liquid and not solid, then set aside for a few minutes to cool to room temperature.
- Pour in the refined coconut oil and olive oil then blend again until completely emulsified. It's important not to let the contents of the blender get warm/hot so blend in short bursts and give it a break for a minute or two in between if you can feel it getting warm.
- Pour the liquid butter into silicone ice cube trays and chill it in the freezer until it sets.
Notes
- Choose neutral oils: If swapping either oil in this recipe, pick a neutral option like refined coconut oil, avocado oil, or grapeseed oil so the flavor stays buttery instead of overpowering.
- For softer, spreadable butter: Increase the liquid oil slightly or reduce chilling time.
- Salt level matters: Start with a small amount of salt and adjust to taste, salt enhances that classic “buttery” flavor.
- Storage: Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2–3 weeks or freeze for longer.
Nutrition
Serving: 1tbs, Calories: 86kcal, Carbohydrates: 1g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 10g, Saturated Fat: 6g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Sodium: 109mg, Potassium: 7mg, Fiber: 0.2g, Sugar: 0.1g, Vitamin A: 0.01IU, Vitamin C: 0.1mg, Calcium: 4mg, Iron: 0.1mg
