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    How To Make Coconut Butter

    Published: May 15, 2018 Updated: Jun 21, 2022 by Alison Andrews This post may contain affiliate links

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    Homemade Coconut Butter

    Make your own homemade coconut butter in 15 minutes with 2 easy ingredients! Rich, creamy, and so easy you’ll want to make it all the time.

    Coconut butter in a glass jar with a spoon.

    Making your own homemade coconut butter from scratch is the easiest thing.

    There are no fancy ingredients (and only TWO of them!), no fancy equipment (just a food processor), it only takes 15 minutes and you have creamy and delicious coconut butter that is ready to use.

    Coconut butter is such a fabulous ingredient but it has one drawback, it can be really expensive! But not if you make it yourself. 

    And if you love this recipe then I’m sure you’ll also love our homemade cashew butter, homemade peanut butter and homemade almond butter too.

    Coconut butter in a glass jar.

    Ingredients For Homemade Coconut Butter

    • Dessicated coconut – is also called finely shredded coconut. It’s very finely shredded coconut, not large flakes.
    • Coconut oil – is the clear choice when it comes to the type of oil to add! We only need a tiny bit and it should be melted first.

    Step By Step Instructions

    You will find full instructions and measurements in the recipe card at the bottom of the post. This is a summary of the process to go along with the process photos.

    Add 3-4 cups of dessicated coconut to your food processor. I started off with 3 cups, but when it had processed down a bit, I added in the 4th cup.

    Dessicated coconut in a food processor.

    You need enough volume in there for the blades to have something to grab onto so you can’t try and make a small batch, there needs to be enough to move around.

    Step by step photos for how to make coconut butter.

    Add melted coconut oil while the machine is running and then it starts to look as it does in the photo below.

    Step by step photos for how to make coconut butter.

    Keep processing and gradually it will go smooth as you see in the photo below. And that’s all there is to it!

    You have to stop a few times to scrape down the sides, but the entire thing takes around 15 minutes, and that’s really all there is to it!

    Step by step photos for how to make coconut butter.

    Make It Completely Smooth

    Depending on your food processor the final texture of the coconut butter may still be a little grainy. This is not a problem at all! I assure you.

    And you don’t have to do anything about that. It’s totally fine to leave it like that. It’s delicious, it’s perfect, grainy is not an issue in any dimension. But if you want to have literally exactly what you would get if you bought a jar of coconut butter from the store right now, then…. you can have that too.

    All you have to do is after you have processed the coconut butter in the food processor, put it into your blender and blend for about a minute to get it totally perfectly smooth.

    You don’t want to make the coconut butter from scratch in the blender, you want to do it in the food processor as explained above, the blender is just for the final (totally optional, mostly cosmetic) smoothing step!

    Coconut butter in a glass jar with a spoon.

    Storing Instructions

    Keep it in a sealed jar at room temperature where it will stay good for at least a couple of weeks! Use it wherever some delish coconut butter is needed (some ideas are below!).

    It tends to harden unless your room temperature is currently blazing hot, so all you have to do is stand the jar in a bowl of hot water to melt it and then stir it up very well again and it will be perfect for you to use.

    Coconut butter in a glass jar with a spoon.

    How To Use Coconut Butter

    This coconut butter is divine to eat as is, but it’s also used in these recipes:

    1. Vegan Caramel Sauce
    2. Vegan Cheesecake with Salted Caramel Fudge Sauce
    3. Vegan Chocolate Caramels

    Did you make this recipe? Be sure to leave a comment and rating below!

    Coconut butter in a glass jar with a spoon.

    How To Make Coconut Butter

    Make your own homemade coconut butter in 15 minutes with 2 easy ingredients! Rich, creamy, and so easy you'll want to make it all the time.
    4.95 from 17 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Diet: Vegan
    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Servings: 20
    Calories: 129kcal
    Author: Alison Andrews

    Ingredients

    • 4 cups Dessicated Coconut (320g) finely shredded coconut
    • 1 Tablespoon Coconut Oil Melted
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    Instructions

    • Add 3 cups of dessicated coconut to the food processor and begin processing. After 3-4 minutes it will start to process down and look a little sparse, that’s when you can add the remaining cup of dessicated coconut in.
    • Continue to process, as it starts to form into clumps, add the coconut oil as the machine is running and keep processing until it forms a liquid.
    • Stop the machine and scrape down the sides when needed.
    • It will take around 12-15 minutes in total to get to a liquid consistency.

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    Notes

    1. Make it completely smooth. Depending on your food processor, the consistency may be slightly grainy. It’s completely fine to leave it like this, but if you want it completely smooth, then after making it in the food processor move it to your blender and blend t for a minute to get it completely smooth. 
    2. Storing: Store your coconut butter in a sealed jar at room temperature. It will tend to harden so stand the jar in a bowl of hot water to melt, stir well and it will be ready to use. Lasts at least 2 weeks.
    3. Quantity: This recipe makes around 1 and ¼ cups of coconut butter. 

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1Tablespoon | Calories: 129kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 7mg | Potassium: 101mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 1mg
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    Comments

    1. Nana says

      June 11, 2022 at 2:36 am

      This recipe looks great and I would like to know if I can substitute the Coconut Oil for something else.

      Reply
      • Alison Andrews says

        June 13, 2022 at 12:45 pm

        Coconut oil works best here to keep the flavor profile consistent, but you could use another oil if you like.

        Reply
    2. Gail says

      February 10, 2022 at 5:42 pm

      Hello Alison, maybe a stupid question, but here goes! Does this have a strong coconut flavour, or is it neutral?

      Reply
      • Alison Andrews says

        February 11, 2022 at 9:36 am

        Hi Gail, it’s very coconutty, so if you don’t usually like coconutty things, then you probably won’t enjoy it. If you do enjoy the taste of coconut though then this is truly heavenly! 🙂

        Reply
        • Gail says

          February 11, 2022 at 1:17 pm

          Hello Alison, thank you. I like coconut but my family doesn’t. So, more for me.

          Reply
    3. Morgan says

      October 01, 2021 at 6:41 am

      Hello!! Any food processor will work? Or does it have to be a very powerful one?

      Reply
      • Alison Andrews says

        October 01, 2021 at 7:19 am

        The one we used to make this isn’t super powerful at all, it’s also quite small! So I don’t think it needs to be a powerful model. It just takes a bit of time.

        Reply
    4. Garfield Bailey says

      April 01, 2021 at 10:50 am

      Thanks for this. I was just planning on going to Amazon, but this is so much better. It always feels better when I make things myself!5 stars

      Reply
    5. Anna says

      October 14, 2020 at 7:00 am

      Sooo easy!5 stars

      Reply
      • Alison Andrews says

        October 14, 2020 at 10:12 am

        Thanks Anna!

        Reply
    6. Seungnyang Ki says

      September 21, 2020 at 12:39 pm

      Do you think I could use sweetened coconut? That’s all I have in my freezer.

      Reply
      • Alison Andrews says

        September 21, 2020 at 1:00 pm

        I’ve only made this with dessicated coconut, which is the finely shredded flakes.

        Reply
    7. Nick says

      July 24, 2020 at 6:54 am

      Could you substitute cacao butter for coconut butter?5 stars

      Reply
      • Alison Andrews says

        July 24, 2020 at 9:20 am

        I assume you mean for use in a recipe? They are quite different, so wouldn’t work well as a sub for each other.

        Reply
    8. Anna says

      June 27, 2020 at 10:31 am

      Sounds great as with all your recipes! I really want to try this but is it slightly sweet and taste like coconut? I would like a butter for general use so can I use this?5 stars

      Reply
      • Alison Andrews says

        June 29, 2020 at 11:42 am

        I think you are rather looking for our homemade vegan butter. 🙂

        Reply
    9. Nuala Mukadam says

      May 21, 2020 at 7:37 am

      Hi, can I use frozen desiccated coconut or is dried the better option. Thanks for the recipe, I will give it a go, in order to make your raw cheesecake recipe ????

      Reply
      • Alison Andrews says

        May 21, 2020 at 10:01 am

        I have only ever used dried so I’m really not sure! It might work fine.

        Reply
    10. Sue says

      May 20, 2020 at 1:43 pm

      thank you so much – how simple! I make DIY peanut butter but had not thought to do with same with coconut. I need this for a (vegan) lemon cheese cake recipe I’m about to try.5 stars

      Reply
      • Alison Andrews says

        May 20, 2020 at 4:31 pm

        You’re so welcome Sue! 🙂

        Reply
    11. Bharat says

      December 11, 2019 at 5:14 pm

      Can I use a dried coconut(dried on tree) as well for this. 5 stars

      Reply
      • Alison Andrews says

        December 12, 2019 at 9:47 am

        Maybe! I haven’t tried that but it might work fine, let us know if you do try it! 🙂

        Reply
    12. yat says

      October 22, 2019 at 8:36 am

      hi, can I substitute the coconut oil with other oil like corn oil? Since I don’t have coconut oil atm.

      Reply
      • Alison Andrews says

        October 22, 2019 at 11:16 am

        I would rather leave it out in that case. It’s not crucial, if you process it longer, you will end up at the same place even without adding any oil. I just think using a different oil could have a negative impact on the flavor.

        Reply
    13. Lizzy says

      August 24, 2019 at 9:08 am

      I only have a nutribullet so couldn’t get to the super liquid stage, but I’m happy with what I was able to get. It is being used as an addition to turmeric lattes mostly so it should blend up well and add a bit of extra fat and sweetness! Great recipe – really can’t find coconut butter locally.5 stars

      Reply
      • Alison Andrews says

        August 24, 2019 at 11:18 am

        So glad it worked out Lizzy, thanks for sharing and the great review! 🙂

        Reply
    14. T says

      August 15, 2019 at 3:32 pm

      Do you know if this would still work if I toasted the coconut? Sounds like something that would be great on toast

      Reply
      • Alison Andrews says

        August 15, 2019 at 3:57 pm

        Hi T, I don’t think so, I think that would dry out the oils so that you wouldn’t be able to process it into a butter. It might be something you could add to the finished coconut butter if you wanted though! 🙂

        Reply
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