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Around the Office: Whipping Up Homemade Butter With Justin's Okay, we'll admit it—we hoard his maple almond butter in our kitchen cabinets and we've got his dark chocolate peanut butter cups stashed in our desk drawers. So when Justin Gold of Justin's (pictured above, with InStyle Editorial Assistant Claire Stern) offered to stop by our office to show us how to make our own custom creations, we jumped at the opportunity. 
"Most people don't realize how easy it is to make a nut butter," Gold told us. An added bonus? "The healthy fats in almond, peanut and hazelnut butters promote brain health, improve memory and aid in muscle development," he explained. Check out this holiday-ready recipe for the Cinnamon Apple Crisp Nut Butter that we whipped up: Cinnamon Apple Crisp Nut Butter Items needed:
- Food processor or high-powered blender (such as Vitamix or Magic Bullet)
- Dry roasted unsalted almonds
- Honey
- Ground Cinnamon
- Salt
- Dried apple slices (we prefer the "Bare Fruit Snacks" version)
- Almond or olive oil
Instructions: - Add one cup of almonds to food processor/mixer.
- Wait 3 minutes until ground into a nut butter paste. Depending upon the type of grinder, you may need a spatula to mix around the almonds a few times to ensure a consistent and even grind. Make sure to use the spatula to scrap down the sides after each step.
- One at a time, add these mix-ins to the almond butter base, grinding for approx. 30 seconds each): 2 tbsp. honey, 1 tbsp. cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. salt
- Add in 1/3 cup of dried apple chips and grind to desired consistency (15-30 seconds)
- Feel free to add 1 tbsp. of almond oil or olive oil to create a more spreadable consistency.
— Christina Shanahan, InStyle Senior Editor Photo credit: Alex Reside for InStyle.com
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