how to make coconut butter from fresh coconut

Thanks, Dana, for your wonderful, inspiring blog! Over 20 minutes with a Ninja food processor and still not working, sadly I give up. I really hope it’s just overheated and will come back to life again. Typically coffee grinders don’t do well with wet/oily ingredients. I end up with about a cup of delicious, almost liquidy coconut butter. Thank you so much. It’ll save so much time and effort. I had two appliances to clean, but oh well! I’m so excited. Thanks for the idea. I used the Trader Joe’s organic unsweetened coconut flakes. We’d love to see what you come up with. and at what temperature please? Then tried small food processor. I was hesitant to try it because of all the reviews saying it didn’t work. I used Bob’s Red Mill shredded coconut and added a 1/4 tsp of vanilla extract when it started acting like it was too thick and it only took about 10-15 minutes. I hope that would work for next time. ; examine the ‘eyes’ – these are the three holes you see on the shell. This signals that there’s a leak in the coconut. We have a vegan fudge recipe with coconut butter here if you’d like to try it! I hope that helps. Do yourself a favour and grab some high-quality organic shredded coconut from the Whole Foods bulk bin section (a~$1.50 for a cup) and you’ll be amazed. Depending on the temperature of your home, it will likely harden once cooled. Hi Shruti! So I added 4 more cups of coconut to my 8 cup FP. Craving more? Good question! 2-3 cups of coconut gave me 1/2 cup of butter. TIA ;o). Thanks. Used unsweetened organic coconut threads from Frazier Farms…super frustrating. I just made this butter, I used a whole pack (250g) shredded coconut. I would encourage a good processor and NOT a blender on steroids (vitamin). I have fat bombs on my To Do list today :). Do I need to dry it out in the over first? The 1 ingredient is shredded unsweetened coconut. You will not be subscribed to our newsletter list. Thank you very much. We find you have to almost fill the food processor with coconut before processing it into butter. Coconut oil turns into a clear liquid when melted, while coconut butter is opaque and creamy when warm, but also turns thick and solid at colder temperatures. I highly recommend using a food processor as the design of blenders isn’t conducive to blending coconut butter. Or perhaps you have a larger food processor? Sounds to me like it was a problem of your kitchen aid processor (although I know people who have had success with some of their models). After about 20 minutes, I had to let my food processor cool down! Get our copy of FAN FAVORITES featuring 20 of our most loved, highly-rated recipes! Had great success. UPDATE: The coconut butter I ended up with is WONDERFUL! UnsweetenedWholesomeCreamyRichSuper coconuttyDelicious& So easy to make. So I ordered some coconut butter online from Amazon for $13 and the jar made 27 cookies with enough butter left over to put on a croissant or two. I made this in my Cuisinart 8c Food Processor tonight with a bag of Let’s Do Organic shredded coconut. Thanks for the guidance. How-to Make Coconut Butter: Start with a quality brand of unsweetened organic shredded dehydrated coconut. I just made some coconut butter a few minutes ago and it is so wonderful and creamy. I t really reduced in amount. Random question. How to make coconut butter. Add the shredded coconut or flaked coconut to your Vitamix. I’ve just made it in my regular vitamix pitcher and took 2 mins tops on high speed. 20 minutes went by and all I got was coconut flour. If I shred it myself, to your knowledge, will it make coconut butter? Got it creamy and then when I added maple syrup it went back to crumbly coconut! Thanks for sharing your changes, Licia! Now I have to wait for it to cool down and solidify a bit. I chill it to make a semi-hard candy — mmmm good. Finally! Thank you! :) everyone loved it. I saw somewhere else that sometimes you get a bag that just won’t breakdown , so you add a couple tbsps of coconut oil. Store at room temperature up to 2 weeks (sometimes more). I forgot the pinch of salt and wished I had of remembered… but I was just so excited! Hello! We like to use an 8 cup food processor for this batch size in order for there to be enough volume to get it into a butter. Can I dip the vegan cake pop in this coconut butter and have the same result (or as close as can be) to a dipped cake pop? Hi Joanna! Molly Milley - August 17 . Could I use larger coconut flakes for this recipe ? To use, you can either heat it up in the microwave, or place in a shallow pot of very hot water and it will soften. The second day I went to go use it, and it got really, really hard. Love your recipes! I am so very pleased. Also, as I mentioned in the recipe, desiccated coconut really works best. The coconut should go through three stages on its way to turning into butter. What did it turn out like? Just made this using a vitamix! Who knows! Prob took about 10 mins or less. There are so many ways to consume coconut butter and enjoy its delicious taste and amazing health benefits. Massively frustrating. I use flakes, that I buy in bulk that still have the brown peel-like stuff around the edge, in my vita-mix. Thanks for sharing this recipe…..I have leftover coconut flakes from making coconut milk, do you think it would work?? I did two and a half cups of coconut flakes in a personal sized attatcement for my ninja blender. If you give it a try though, report back! What could have gone wrong? Do you think fresh unprocessed coconut would work for this? :-(. However, you can use store-bought) and add to a blender. Today I tried it again at home using my Black & Decker food processor and only got like what another poster identified as crumbly “coconut flour.” Then I broke out the Vitamix (which I had avoided using because Dana emphasized a ‘food processor’) but after about 15 minutes on high it got super hot, it started smelling like burning plastic and roasted coconut – so I settled for a pasty version. Definitely try adding more and using a blender and seeing how it works. After switching to the vitamix I had coconut butter in 2-3 minutes.). Took about 6 minutes or less. perfect recipe!! I think I might just order coconut butter online. Also don’t leave it in the food processor and go and do something that takes a while or you will be back to a fry pan and boiling water. No issues at all! Michele from Mirboo North Victoria Australia. How To Grill Tomatoes For Salsa, Plan to see how it works out in peanut butter fudge with a little sweetener added to the mix &/or chocolate. The extra fat content makes ALL the difference!!! So maybe this butter, ricepowder, coconut oil and cacao butter would work- what do you think? Thanks for sharing! Thanks, I used the super cheap Walmart unsweetened coconut and it was SOoooooo dry when nothing was going according to the instructions I added a Tbl coconut oil,wet pour kind and 2Tbl h2o and wa laa butter! Yes, the mature coconut are what you want to use to make coconut butter. Spent about 45 minutes on just trying to get to stage 2. In the future, I think I’ll start with the hot water very early on, after the coconut has shredded down a lot, and will probably switch again to using the small processing bowl once the coconut has compacted down in the large processing bowl. Thank you for the tip! It is supposed to be smooth? I started with blender, switched to food processor, finally added coconut oil and that was the trick for my older machine (easily 12 years old) It’s now in the garbage, the processor not the butter so I will buy a new unit and try again. Genius! The processor got hot to the touch and the coconut started to steam. Any suggestions? It can take anywhere from 3-18 minutes, depending on desired smoothness and your machine. And if your blender or food processor isn’t up for the task of making coconut butter, you can of course also go for store-bought coconut butter. Do you think this would work with a magic bullet? Use somewhere between 2 cups and 4 cups of shredded coconut, depending on the size of your food processor or high speed … also tried with the raw natural coconut and didn’t ? Just used my Vitamix and it didn’t turn out. I’m glad to know that it will. Dana, We don’t think it would work, unfortunately. Thanks so much! This didn’t work for me at all. This was amazing and worked perfectly. Oh, and it is UH-mazing. There has to be enough coconut to cover the blades even after it’s been chopped into little teeny pieces. Well then, scoot right up next to me. Thanks, I have tried twice in my ninja food processor And never got cream, I also have the blender and will give it a try. www.superkitchenmachine.com/2011/11949/make-coconut-butter-thermomi.h… Long story short. My only problem is that it takes about ten minutes to get it all out of the blender. Because I love lemon with carrot muffins/cake, I added lemon zest and a little juice (plus the salt & vanilla options) and wow! It turned out perfectly! Add a teaspoon of coconut oil (refined if you want less coconut flavor). I only had a bag of 8.8oz of shredded coconut, so I had to use something small, but strong and sharp, to blend it… found my Magic Bullet. Worked like a charm in my vitamix. Hi Dana, I can get fresh coconut flesh down here in Mexico. I’m at the bottom of my container so I’m going to try this first with my Nutri Bullet and see what happens. Came out great. I then added a pinch of salt, and dash of vanilla and maple syrup, processed for 30 more seconds and it turned into a dough-like texture which did not melt when I tried to heat it up. I added a little coconut oil and, it is as creamy as can be. We aren’t sure it would work to use the pulp since some of the flavor may get lost. What size vitamix container did you use? Just a thought. This is the one I used (the 16 oz chopper bowl with about 1 cup of high-quality coconut) and it worked like a charm within 3 minutes or so: https://www.amazon.com/Blender-Processor-450-Watt-Smoothies-QB1004/dp/B004XK4N9C. By now the flakes, that took up almost the whole bowl in the beginning, were shredded down to taking up only 2-3 cups. Responsibilities Of A Mental Health Nurse, Took 2 minutes, tops. After some online research, I doubd out that I need to add at least 7 cups to my 8 cup ninja food processor. I used Bob’s Red Mill Shredded Coconut and it turned out very dry, not a bit creamy. Perhaps try that next time? I used a pound of coconut from the ben a it and it made about a cup. ** To return coconut butter to a soft state for cooking, measuring, or baking simply place the jar of coconut butter in a bowl of hot water for 15 minutes, covered. of coconut powder with about 1 teaspoon of oil added. Hmm, we’ve never tried that! Hi Yes! I added nothing but a pinch of sea salt. I then switched to the regular blade and let it run into a beautiful smooth butter. When I use my Blendtec blender … – Instructions Add 3 cups of desiccated coconut to the food processor and begin processing. I love coconut butter!! I made my own shredded coconut from fresh coconuts and had the oven a little too warm for drying the shredded coconut. Glad I could try it out with a couple of dollars worth of coconut flakes instead. Hey! If you can help sort of my kinks that would be great because I’d like to make these again. Follows the recipe exactly as written in my KitchenAid Little Classic food processor, fitting as much as possible inside each time. I have a omega juicer/masticating which is fabulous for making fresh coconut butter. With a vegetable peeler peel the outer dark skin from the meat. 5) And…I got coconut butter! Blend more, should start getting better. I gathered from the comments not to expect anything like super creamy butter but I don’t think I even got close. :-), Not quite yet, Ashley but be on the lookout for more as we are always adding new recipes to the site :). I just made it with coconut flakes! It is similar to peanut butter, where the ground peanuts turn into a luscious nut butter. I am impressed. I have a question…I HATE coconut. I just made this today! Who knew it was this easy! Janice, sorry you had trouble with your coconut butter. I wonder if using a small amount of coconut oil or coconut cream would help the ineffective equipment out?.?. And 1.5 bags of Bob’s red mill? ? Do use coconut low in sugar (to avoid clumpiness) I was a little worried at first as it just kept spinning but eventually turned out well! I was trying to “dry” the shredded coconuts out in my toaster oven at 275 degrees but they seemed to have “toasted” (turned nice golden brown) instead of just “drying out.” In my next batch, I lowered the temp to 250. Hope that helps! Add the lid, remove the cap and insert … Turn food processor on. Better than Oreos! Please! I just looked at it and plan to make it real soon. I added about 8 tbsps of water by now and it’s forever just spinning in my processor nowhere near a butter! Sure! Greetings , I make keto chocolate melting cocoa butter & cocoa paste add stevita and coconut cream . Do you have some suggestions? When it was creamy it was delicious though! I’m a single mom. Hi! It couldn’t be easier. I have a very efficient food processor, blended it for 30 minutes and finally gave up. Followed all of the instructions and after about 8 minutes I got a thick, creamy coconut butter! I also added one or two tablespoons of coconut oil, that seemed to help. I made it in my processor and it turned out more like a paste and even when i extended the process, it maintained a paste. Depending on the temperature of your home, it will likely harden once cooled. Puzzled. I just got some and within 3 minutes in my $29.99 Ninja food processor, I had a delicious coconut butter. Should I use a little coconut oil? I personally had no trouble making it in a blender. If there isn’t enough volume of coconut, it can have issues blending. All you need for this coconut butter recipe are shredded coconut and a high-speed blender or food processor. Be sure to use regular, unsweetened shredded coconut, because low-fat or added-sugar varieties don’t tend to work as well.. Buy whole coconuts, shell and shred through the omega, dry in oven at 170 or ( toss and watch carefully unless you don’t mind toasted coconut butterhich will turn out a tan color, but is just as tasty) or dehydrator, then follow instructions as Louise noted. Thanks for answering, Dana. Someone in my apartment complex placed a NutriBullet blender on the table we use for things we no longer want and I grabbed it. Any ideas why? Hmm, we don’t think that would work, unfortunately! My processor was definitely full. I have found that adding a tbsp of coconut oil can help get it going in the right direction. Is this happening and not turning to a “butter” because my local store bins only had sweetened coconut? That’s just a safe estimate. But way to problem solve! Hi Chris, we have an upcoming recipe for vegan milk chocolate- stay tuned! The only thing I can think it would be is the equipment you’re using. Is it possible to mix coconut flour and coconut oil to make the butter? Thanks Minimalist Baker! I also used unsweetened flakes, not dessicated. I just tried to make this for the carob bars recipe. I used “SWAD” brand 14oz. Continue to scrape down the sides of the processor regularly. I tried to make 3 cups per your recepie, but I was having the same issues. We like to use coconut butter spread on slices of homemade bread just like you would with peanut or almond butter. (When I first wrote this post it was nearly a 50% savings, so coconut butter has become more affordable in the last 5 years!) Someone threw it away where I live and placed it on the “free” table. Sounds great and can’t wait to try making the coconut butter. Just wondering, at the beginning of the post you say “Just one ingredient” but there are four. Any tips? Hi! Collective Noun For Bananas, To make coconut butter with shredded or flaked coconut, start by putting the coconut and sugar into a food processor. They are unsweetened but courser than shredded. It would get stopped up after a few seconds so it took a while to get it nice and creamy, but it worked! Hello and thanks for this. First the texture will be finely shredded, then thin out into a grainy liquid, then finally turn into a smooth, thick liquid. Have you tired adding liquid oils to make it spreadable? Ive never liked icing, but my life changed the first time I tried coconut butter as a replacement. My Hamilton is usually TOO high speed for veggies, but perfect for nut butters. What can I use instead when recipes call for coconut flakes? I have a 450 hp. It worked for me but at a certain point I had to move it from my large food processor to my mini one as the blades were spinning above the coconut. I’m so excited to try your recipes. I’m so happy I found this recipe! The Ninja blender works perfect for this. I’d love too but don’t want to waste, Turned out great for me!!! Alternatively, if placing on hot food, scoop out and it should melt quite easily on the food. Simply get your desiccated coconut (I love to use homemade desiccated coconut. (I would add pics, but I don’t know how : ), Thanks so much for the lovely review, Lang. Back to the store for me. Also can we freeze this? Once it got to paste stage, I emptied it into a clean bowl and repeated the first step until I had enough paste to fill my cup 1/3. I will try again. Coconut Butter & Coconut Oil FAQ. Hmm, we’re not sure! Desperate to make this!…However when I tried, I put in the MagiMix food processor for in excess of 20minutes, and still nothing, just finer dessicated coconut! Used 3 bags of unsweetened organic coconut, dash of kosher salt and splash of vanilla. Hope that clears up the confusion! all i had was very finely cut coconut. We’re glad you enjoyed the recipe :D. I did the same process with fresh coconut which was firm, but not dry. Only seemed a tiny bit better. I’m not sure how to reply to your response that I just saw in my inbox but I will definitely let you know how it goes next time. Hmm did you use a food processor? I also tried this and didn’t work for me either. Perfectly smooth and creamy. You can still taste a little bit of grain but it’s still really good! Hoping it’s the regular one :-). (I was putting the spatula through the opening in the pusher.) So THANK YOU for both the Carrot Cake recipe and this icing..and Happy Birthday!! Would love to try making this with some chocolate as well! For this coconut butter spread all you need are shredded or flaked coconut and a high-speed blender or a food processor. I’ve also used it in recipes to make delicious things like Vegan Fudge, Peanut Butter Fudge, Vegan White Chocolate Truffles, and Vegan White Chocolate Peanut Butter Eggs! because of this, the blender worked perfectly for me!! Once the eye is open, invert the coconut over a cup and let the fresh coconut water drain out. Use whatever you have. I put the vanilla in with the coconut a pinch of salt and a pinch of natural pure cane sugar after just a small bit of mixing. Definitely don’t want to buy that again because that’s expensive but I have to say the cookies are delicious! :( Blended for 20+ minutes and all I had was very finely chopped coconut. I’m wondering if it’s lack of moisture that kept the coconut from turning mushy. I absolutely love it on baked potatoes. I have trouble digesting shredded coconut and wondered if a food processor would make it smaller. This morning I made a fruit bowl (papaya, yougert, almonds/cashews/walnuts, coconut, granola and drops of coconut butter. My only guess is that the shredded coconut I had was too dry? It’s better to use a powerful blender (I used a Vitamix) for this recipe.If you do, the coconut butter will be ready in just 1 or 2 minutes and it’ll have a smooth and creamy texture. Can you use coconut flakes? I dusted off my old food processor which, to be honest, I had forgotten about! OR, take the lid off and microwave in 20 second increments until it’s runny again. Now I will continue to make my own as it is much better than the stuff I did eventually find to buy. Fill up with shredded coconut than blend. I used the milling blade and filled my cup to capacity with the flakes. Couldn’t find this in 3 stores that I tried. This was a well spent 10 minutes. YUMMMMMMM. The food processor does not. It’s like a high speed blender but it can also make good nut butters etc. Only had Tjoes coconut but it worked fine. From reading all the comments, here are some tips toward successful coconut butter dreams: Do use dried unsweetened coconut high in fat. Thanks for the reply. coconut starts to pull together into a buttery paste. Mix until a creamy butter forms – sometimes up to 10 minutes – scraping down sides as needed. How many cups is yours? Delicious! Not a good set upofor this process. It’s also possible that the machine isn’t powerful enough? Coconut butter is made entirely from coconuts, more specifically dehydrated coconut chips! Thank you for this amazing recipe! Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Series Intel Core I7-7500u, I made coconut butter and it’s delicious! First tried in my kitchenaid blender until smoke came out ?. Wait a few minutes and carefully stir the oil and coconut flesh together until you obtain a smooth, creamy and homogeneous consistency. Hi I just had a search too as I eat it for lunch on my rice crackers. I used unsweetened shredded coconut flakes from trader joes and a food processor, but it didn’t work for me. I really wanted to try to make your raw Oreos but I’m over that now. Let it work and make sure you are scraping down the sides often. 1) I filled up the cup, blended a little bit, :(. My kids just cleaned the bathroom and vacuumed so that I’d share it with them. I tried using a mini food processor in the past and it did not work very well. After all when making pesto you need to add oil until it blends smooth. Only a NINJA blender will work because the blades go all the way up the blade stick.Regular blenders only have a blade spinner down at the base. Let us know how it goes! I have a Breville Kitchen Wizz Pro 2000W Food processor which I was able to successfully make homemade almond butter twice before. This recipe worked like a charm. I had to scoot down the flakes from the 4 corners of the vitamix almost constantly as it blended (I did low speed option at about 50%). Sometimes the trouble with making coconut butter is that there isn’t enough coconut flakes to fill up the food processor bowl and it needs more volume to churn into butter. It took about 10-15 minutes of this before it turned into butter. Make sure the eyes aren’t moldy or wet. I ended up moving it to my food processor and it still didn’t work. 4) finally, last hurrah of blending, until every coconut bits were liquified The smaller container does not work. That may have been part of it, but we also have not had success with a Vitamix for this recipe as the design of blenders isn’t conducive to blending coconut butter. I was a little afraid to try your recipe after reading some of the comments, but I went ahead and made it anyway, in my Cuisinart food processor, and it worked like a charm! Have beautiful, creamy coconut butter and it turned out to be sweetened Breville 12 cup mixer workhorse BFP660. A teaspoon of coconut oil to make coconut butter first by placing the jar in boiling water in 5minutes close. A final attempt I added sugar and vanilla and sugar because I think it would probably depend the! 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