DIY Coconut Butter

While I was in the midst of making my almond butter recipe I decided it was also the right time to try blending something else for a prolonged period of time: coconut.

We do have a bottle of coconut oil and usually always have a bag of unsweetened shredded coconut, but we never have any coconut butter on hand. I've never actually looked for a bottle of it myself, but I can imagine it wouldn't be the easiest thing to find - or cheapest.

I took probably about 2 cups of unsweetened shredded coconut and popped it in the food processor with an S-shaped blade. I kept on blending and blending, smooshing and smooshing and voila. Coconut butter... or what looked like a thick coconut milk, was born.

I poured it into a mason jar and let it set in the fridge. Since it's winter here, I could probably leave it out of the fridge the soften slightly, but overall it does look very similar to coconut oil. Just more opaque.