How To Make Homemade Coconut Butter

How To Make Homemade Coconut Butter. Photo – DelightedMomma.com (with permission)

Now this recipe has to be a serious contender for “easiest recipe in the universe”. 🙂 It is made from just one ingredient (can you guess what it is? not difficult!) and is super healthy.

Coconut is great stuff. But it has not always been thought to be so good for you. For example, it’s interesting the turnaround that has happened in the last few years over coconut oil. Coconut oil does not contain trans fats. Some people still think that coconut oil is dangerous to health due to its saturated fat content, however it is important to understand things a little more deeply here.

Close to two-thirds of the saturated fat of coconut oil is in the form of medium-chain fatty acids, which are now considered to be very beneficial to health – they are easily digestible, provide rapid energy, are antimicrobial and thought beneficial to the immune system.

The bad press that coconut oil achieved “back in the day” stems from the heavy promotion by industry of margarine and other edible oils – and some studies which used hydrogenated coconut oil (not good!) instead of pure natural, leading to false results.

Advertising in those days promoted polyunsaturated fats as being super healthy – however, these have now been reported to go rancid when exposed to oxygen in the air – and to produce harmful free radicals in our bodies.

A significant body of work now points to the fact that coconut oil is extremely healthful – not only in the diet but for the skin. One more tip – seek out organic, extra virgin, non-hydrogenated (of course), cold pressed, raw coconut oil to make your coconut butter!

Ok, that’s enough tips and info from me, now here is the link to the original coconut butter tutorial: https://delightedmomma.com/2013/05/homemade-coconut-butter.html

All this is putting me in the mood for some toast with coconut butter. Do you have any nice tips and uses for coconut butter? Let us know! 🙂