Doesn’t this look like a big bowl full of cookie dough? Well, it’s not…exactly. It’s nut butter that tastes very similar to cookie dough. I made this cashew macadamia nut butter for my sister Kerrie and my cookie-dough lovin’ niece and nephew. After clenching the jar for a few awkward seconds, my sister was finally able to pry it from my death-like grip. That’s some good nut butter.
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Cookie Dough Nut Butter
Yield
1 1/4 cup
Prep time
Cook time
0 minutes
Total time
Nut butter that tastes like cookie dough. No, you aren't dreaming!
Ingredients
- 2 cups raw cashews
- 1/2 cup raw unsalted macadamia nuts
- 2 tbsp coconut sugar
- 2 tbsp Sucanat
- 1/2 tbsp natural cane sugar
- 1/2 tbsp non-dairy buttery spread
- 1.5 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 + 1/8th tsp fine grain sea salt, or to taste
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup mini dairy-free chocolate chips (I used Enjoy Life brand)
Directions
- Place cashews and macadamia nuts into a heavy-duty food processor and process until the mixture resembles a smooth nut butter, stopping to scrape down the side of the bowl if necessary. This can take upwards of 10 minutes of processing, so be patient.
- Process in the sugars, buttery spread, vanilla, salt, and cinnamon, adding gradually. The sweeteners will at first thicken the nut butter quite a bit, but keep processing and the heat will eventually melt the sugar and smooth out the nut butter once again. If it still looks too thick, keep processing! You can add a touch of coconut oil to get things going if you have to.
- Now here is the hard part – when your nut butter is finished processing, you need to pop it into the fridge to chill. If you don’t chill it, the chocolate chips will melt right into the nut butter and turn everything brown. Once it’s chilled enough (I simply left it in the fridge for a few hours), give it a good stir and test a few chips to see if they melt. If they don’t melt proceed with stirring in the rest of the chips. Store in the fridge in a sealed jar or container for 4 weeks (or longer). The nut butter will harden slightly when chilled but will soften again at room temperature.
Tip:
1) Macadamia nuts, thanks to their high oil content, create a super silky and decadent nut butter. I’ve found that processing cashew butter on its own creates a fairly thick nut butter which is why I’ve added mac nuts in this recipe to thin it out.
2) If you don’t have coconut or Sucanat sugar, organic brown and natural cane sugar may work but you probably won’t need to use as much since they are a bit sweeter. I do not recommend subbing the dry granulated sugar for a liquid sweetener like maple syrup as it can produce a strange, thick texture.
Nutrition Information
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I had 1/2 cup of cookie dough nut butter left over so I promptly turned it into Double cookie dough balls for our Christmas party. They were gobbled up by kids and adults alike! This is my 5th cookie dough ball recipe since 2009. Given that it seems to be my mission in life to create the perfect vegan cookie dough balls, I can’t say it will be the last.
Click here for the Double Cookie Dough Balls recipe.
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YUM!!! This looks so good! My family LOOOOVES cookie dough. This will be a perfect holiday treat to make!
Cookie dough nut butter BALLS? I want to make this but I’m scared… I may sit in a corner and eat the entire batch. My family would find me covered in chocolate passed out from a sugar/happiness coma.
This is such a fabulous idea! Yum!
Is it wrong I want to go all chipmunk on these and store them in my cheeks so as not to share with others?
Have a happy holiday Angela!!
I’ve been eagerly awaiting this post since you mentioned it in the last nut butter post. This cookie dough nut butter looks ridiculously good! I don’t think I’d have the willpower to give it as a gift. I know it would all be gone within a day or two. I’m running to the market in a few hours and will be sure to pick up all the ingredients I need for this. Thanks again for another great recipe!
This looks killer! I can’t wait to make this for my nieces, they’ll love it!!!
Oh my oh my, I can’t wait to sink my teeth into these! I’m envisioning all sorts of combos with this!
My husband is gonna go bananas over this recipe! He is always trying to eat all of the cookie dough when I am making cookies! I’m pretty excited to surprise him with this! Thanks & happy holidays!
Oh my gosh DELISH! Did you get to try any?! Hahah definitely one to bookmark and make :)
Cookie dough balls are the best! They make the perfect snack, especially with a nice big glass of vegan nog!
Stop it. Just stop it. This post may ruin me! This.Looks.Amazing!! You are so awesome Angela!! Merry Christmas!!
thanks for sharing the recipes. they look great!
here is another recipe for vegan cookie dough truffles that are out of this world amazing
http://chefchloe.com/sweets/vegan-cookie-dough-truffles.html
Both these recipes are right up my alley! I love cookie dough and have been known to eat it by the spoonful. There may have been times in my college years that I bought those cookie dough tubes just to eat the dough raw. That’s normal, right?
hah my best friend and I used to do this when we were young. We’d split an entire log of cookie dough. Oh, the things we eat as kids. I surely never grew out of my love for cookie dough though.
Oh my goodness this looks sooo good. Cookie dough is probably my favourite dessert ever.
These look magical! Angela, your creativity in the kitchen never ceases to amaze me!
Wow, that nutbutter does look like cookie dough! And I think you really outdid yourself when you made the nutbutter into cookie dough balls!!! I have got to find time to make these recipes. So many recipes, so little time……
Angela, this is life changing. I am making this from now on, every time I have a cookie dough craving… which would be every month, without fail! Heck, I might just fill a big ol’ piping bag with the stuff and funnel it into my mouth. Thank you so much for creating this stuff!!
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve accidentally made cookie butter (or almost) when I was blending cashews. Their softness + the heat and power of a Vitamix, and that can happen quickly! I usually try to ‘save’ the batch and add more and carry on with making cookie dough balls – but your idea of just making butter is wayyyyy smarter :) I want to dig right in!
Haha, I can definitely see why your sister had to pry this from your hands. ;) From one cookie dough lover to another, I can’t wait to try this. Happy Holidays!
I want to be in my new house NOW with everything unpacked so I can make this! The last two nut butter recipes I am just so excited to try! I love the Double Cookie Dough Balls too, thank you very much for the gluten free info/ideas at the bottom of the post! Hope you and yours have a great holiday season too!