I love creamy, natural homemade nut butters, so I created this beautiful superfood matcha macadamia nut butter! If you haven’t tried matcha before, you need to get your hands on some ASAP. Matcha is made from crushed green tea leaves and has a ton of health benefits. The Japanese have some of the longest life spans in the world, and they love to drink cups of matcha daily. I’ll have what the Japanese grandmas and grandpas are having, please! In fact, matcha is so prized and valued that it’s used in Japanese tea ceremonies. You can also find matcha in a variety of Japanese desserts. In addition to the health benefits of matcha, raw macadamia nuts are a great source of protein and healthy fats.
I mean, look at this gorgeous color! This isn’t your ordinary brown peanut butter. This matcha macadamia nut butter is something special. This is the Lady Gaga of nut butters… something that will turn heads!
Matcha Macadamia Nut Butter notes:
-This would be great on bread or bagels in the morning for a nutritious breakfast on the go.
-Different brands of matcha vary in taste. My favorite matcha is listed in our pantry.
- 2 cups macadamia nuts
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- 1 tsp matcha
- 1 tbsp maple syrup (or to taste)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spread raw macadamia nuts onto a cookie sheet and roast in the oven for 10 minutes.
- After the nuts cool, process in food processor until finely ground.
- Add matcha, coconut oil, and maple syrup to the food processor and process until smooth. You may need to scrape down the sides every few minutes. If the mixture looks dry, keep processing, it will eventually turn creamy.
- Refrigerate until the matcha macadamia nut butter thickens to desired consistency.
I keep seeing recipes using Matcha. Can you find it at your local grocery store?
Hi Sloan, I haven’t seen it at my local grocery store, but Whole Foods might have it! Different brands vary in taste. I order matcha online through Amazon- Do Matcha is the brand that I use 🙂
That color is gorgeous. I even have matcha powder. Now…for the nuts!
Love the vibrant color of matcha! 🙂
I love Matcha and always use it for baking but never thought of using it this way! How very deliciously creative!
Thanks Abigail!!
I never thought about to using matcha in this way! This looks delicious! You don’t really know how much I love macadamia so this recipe I\m definitely curious to try it!
Thanks Florian! I’m a huge macadamia nut fan too 🙂
This sounds delicious! I am all about matcha and homemade nut butters lately, so I am loving this combination!
Thanks Jenna! Homemade nut butters are the best 🙂
I too, adore homemade nut butters. This is so creative and looks incredible. Can’t wait to try.
Thanks Kristen! Let me know how it turns out! 🙂
This is such an interesting combination. I bet it would be delicious especially with the coconut oil and macadamia nuts.
Thanks Monique!
Can you use matcha powder instead? Thanks!
Hi Fi, matcha powder works great in this recipe! It’s what we used to make it too 🙂
hi! this is wonderful recipe! do you use the coconut oil for flavor? have you tried skipping it? i was just thinking of paring down the oil
Hi Shareena, feel free to reduce the amount of oil in the recipe! We just used it to make the nut butter smoother (we were going for a more creamy peanut butter-like texture) but it should still work with less oil (it’ll just be a little bit thicker in texture)
Wow great idea!!
Thanks Leanne! 🙂