Macadamia Cashew Butter
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Updated Feb 07, 2022
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Macadamia Cashew Butter is a blend of cashew butter and macadamia nut butter. It’s one of my favorite homemade nut butters. It’s delicious, super creamy and a nice change from almond butter or peanut butter.
After making my homemade almond butter I received a few emails from readers asking about other nut butters. What else could you make at home that wasn’t either peanut or almond butter? Because it seems a few of you have sensitivities to both of those nuts.
If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you know my love for cashew-anything (homemade cashew milk, vegan cashew ricotta, cashew cream, cashew date shakes…you get the idea). I also swoon over creamy macadamia nuts (especially when covered in chocolate).
The Best Nut Butter Blend
So one of my favorite homemade nutter butter blends is this one – macadamia cashew butter. Trust me, you’re gonna want to slather it on everything (though I’m partial to bananas).
It’s unbelievably creamy and making it at home is far more economical than buying cashew butter in the store – and I don’t think you can even buy macadamia butter in the store, can you?
How to Make Macadamia Cashew Butter
If you haven’t yet watched my video for making homemade almond butter, make sure to watch that first. Because the process for making this macadamia cashew butter is virtually identical.
Start by roasting 2 cups of raw cashews and 2 cups of raw macadamia nuts, then cool to room temperature. This helps to release their natural oils. Then, toss the nuts into your Vitamix and blend for a few minutes, using your tamper constantly push the nut butter into the blades. A few minutes later, homemade macadamia cashew butter.
Tips for this Nut Butter Recipe
Cashews and macadamia nuts are super creamy so you might think that they’d blend faster than almonds, but the opposite is true. They actually take a couple of minutes longer. My almond butter takes one minute in my Vitamix, whereas this macadamia cashew butter took three minutes, to get to the same level of creaminess.
This is due to the fact that the nut oils don’t separate as much with either cashews or macadamia nuts. You know how it is when you’re buying a jar of peanut butter or almond butter from the store and the oil separates to the top? Well there’s really is no oil separation with cashews and macadamia nuts.
This means your macadamia cashew butter will stay super creamy in your storage container and you won’t have to vigorously stir it before using. But, it does take a couple minutes longer to blend. Not a biggie though. When you taste this delicious, creamy, almost indulgent macadamia cashew butter, I think you’ll be one happy camper. Enjoy!
Macadamia Cashew Butter
Description
Ingredients
- 2 cups raw cashews
- 2 cups raw macadamia nuts
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
- Place the nuts on a large, parchment-lined baking sheet and cook for 10 minutes. Then, let cool to room temperature.
- Transfer the nuts to your Vitamix and blend on high for 3-minutes, using the tamper to constantly push the nut butter into the blades.
- Pour the macadamia cashew butter into a storage container and keep in the refrigerator.
Lisa’s Tips
- The macadamia cashew butter will stay good for 2-3 months in the fridge.
- My favorite air-tight storage containers for all of my butters, sauces and spreads are these Weck Jars
Nutrition
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I’ve been making this for a while now and I love it but I only just noticed that you say to keep it in the fridge. I have never done that and it has always been fine. Is there a reason you recommend storing it in the fridge?
I typically store any homemade sauces or condiments in the fridge to keep it fresh.
Have you ever done almonds with cashews? That’s what I have on hand… ??
Made this to use in a nyt recipe for vegan cacio e pepe, which was delicious (though that called for just cashew butter and it was a tad sweet but still good). Just ate the butter with an apple. So much creamier and smoother than almond butter. Also I used Trader Joe’s roasted macadamia nuts and then roasted the cashews but they still mixed well. Thanks for recipe!!
Thrilled to hear this butter turned out great Sally!
This turned out fantastic! I immediately drizzled it over a banana. Yum!
This tastes amazing over bananas!
Have you tried freezing this?
I’m going to try this, but just put the ingredients into My Fitness Pass and the calorie count was double 210 calories per 2 tbs (16 servings in the recipe) vs. the 105 you have listed under nutrition information? Do I have that right?
Hi Beth – Thanks for pointing that out! Looks like there was a mistake and you’re right. Just changed on the recipe card.
I didn’t have macadamia so I went with cashews only.
So delicious!! Thank you so much from France !!!!!
Glad you enjoyed this recipe Louisa!
Hi there,
I made this recipe this weekend and I have to say it is delicious. I plan to eat it with many things. Today I used some in my morning smoothie and it gave it a nice taste. I thought I would need to add a little sweetener but found it is not needed. Thank you.
Hi Thelma – Amazing! So glad you enjoyed this recipe and are able to incorporate it into your smoothies :)
Doing an elimination diet with my food sensitivities, and peanuts, almonds and cashews were all listed :( is there a way to make this without cashews?
It’s hard to make a cashew butter without cashews. ;)
Can you add in chia seeds as well?
Hi Tina – Yes! You can add in chia seeds, it just may make it a little bit thicker since chia seeds expand.
So excited to have made this recipe I added in freeze dried strawberries ? so excited to try this!!! Thank you for the recipe!!!!
Hi Kennis – Wow, adding strawberries in it sounds delicious!
This is delicious! I added a little bit of vanilla bean paste and it tastes almost like shortbread biscuits. A new staple for sure, thank you for the wonderful recipe and convincing me to buy a Vitamix. Much love from NZ
Oh wonderful! Vanilla bean paste is a great addition. So happy you loved the recipe Ashley! Hugs to you in NZ. :)
Yuuuummmyyyyy!
Gave up on finding things to eat with it… just grabbed a spoon!!
Haha. That’s always one way to enjoy it! ;)
Where do you buy your macadamia nuts from? I found some at costco but they were already roasted and had sea salt on them. Can’t wait to try this nut butter!
I usually buy them on Amazon. :)
This is so tasty. Being super sensitive to Almonds and Peanuts, it provides an excellent alternative. I have been experimenting by adding a small amount of coconut oil (1.5 TBS) and cinnamon (1.5 TBS). Seriously, so good!
Thanks for the recipe.
~Amber
Looks great but I don’t have and can’t afford a Vitamixer. Will I be able to use my regular blender for this?
Thanks.
Nut butters are really thick and require a high-powered motor and the tamper to push the nuts into the blades. So it really depends on what type of blender you have.
Thanks for the recipe. Do you think I could buy already roasted cashews and macadamia instead of buying raw and roasting them at home?
You can, but you may have to add additional oil as commercially roasted nuts can sometimes not have the same level of natural oils as freshly roasted.
I made this today and it was soooooooo delicious!!! The best nutbutter i’ve ever had!??
Yay! Gotta love how creamy it is, right? :) x
It’s just amazing! Divine!!! I just had the last of it with some greek yoghurt, some sliced almonds and a few slices of barely ripe banana (have to be careful with banana due to that darn HIT) It was sooooooo good! *hallucinating about more macadamia cashew butter”
Ooh, fab breakfast. Much better than what I did which was just slather it on a banana. And those sound like pretty delicious hallucinations to me! Lol. ;)
Hahah but that sounds like a fab snack or dessert… I’d love it! Yum
Cashew butter is so packed full of protein, perfect to add extra nutrients in your diet
Absolutely!
Yummm this looks so delicious! I have had a vitamix for years but I still haven’t gotten around to making nut butter – I feel like i’ve committed some sort of vitamix sin. I have macs and cashews in the cupboards so will have to try this very soon!
x
You’ll love the Vitamix for making nut butters! It’s so much faster than using a food processor. Make sure to watch my almond butter video (linked above) as it shows you in real time just how easy it is. :) x
My son has a peanut allergy so we love experimenting with other nut butters! This looks so smooth and yummy!
My nephew has a peanut allergy as well, so I never keep peanut butter in my home. Almond butter is a pantry staple, but this macadamia cashew butter is so creamy and delicious it’s a nice alternative. :) x
This looks so good and such a great substitution for peanut butter (and likely healthier!). Thank you for sharing! I cannot wait to try this.
Thanks Luci! It’s always nice to switch up nut butter for variety as well. Enjoy!
PERFECTION. Period.
Thanks Liz! Just using up those macadamia nuts I had. ;) x
Putting in a request for a healthy balanced indulgence recipe involving macadamia nuts and white chocolate – my FAVORITE flavor pairing :)
That’s a good combo! Will have to think about it. :)
COOKIES!!!! I could eat those!!!
Haha – that sounds like a fab idea!
I can’t wait for the recipe ;)