Nut butter

A nut butter is a spreadable foodstuff made by crushing nuts. The result has a high fat content and can be spread like true butter, but is otherwise unrelated. Nut butters include: Almond butter Cashew butter Hazelnut butter Macadamia nut butter Peanut butter Pecan butter Pistachio butter Walnut butter The almond, cashew, macadamia, peanut, pecan, pistachio and walnut are not true nuts in a botanical sense.