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Hi! I am new to NF and am experimenting with paleo/primal cooking. The area where I live is not a culinary mecca and many of the foods suggested in paleo/primal recipes are not available here (czech republic). I love peanut butter and I can buy it, though I try to eat it sparingly as its imported and very expensive. Other kinds of nut butters are not available at all. I've been experimenting with making my own almond butter. I read some recipes and they pretty much say - roast the almonds, put in food processor, wait, wait some more, almond butter! I've tried a couple of times and what I get is more like nut meal than nut butter. It tastes fine, but it doesn't have that spreadable/dipable consistency. All the recipes seem to imply that at some point the nut meal should "release its oils" and become creamy, but this has not happened for me. Any suggestions? I can get nuts fairly easily - almond, hazelnut, cashew ... so if there is an easy nut to start with that could help too.