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    Sugar & Spice Pumpkin Butter Recipe

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    Sugar & Spice Pumpkin Butter Recipe

    This Sugar & Spice Pumpkin Butter recipe from Alison of A Girl DeFloured is everything good about fall.

    Appetizers & SnacksPumpkin Everything!Recipes & Techniques by Cooks We LoveVegan

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    Pumpkin butter is a thing of pure beauty. It's perfect on pancakes, muffins, toast, bagels, in sandwiches, on ice cream - even stirred into coffee.

    Article Courtesy:  Alison Needham, A Girl Defloured

    It's Homemade Pumpkin Butter season.

    When I set out to make pumpkin butter, every recipe I came across started with canned pumpkin. I figured that if I was going to go through the trouble of making my own pumpkin butter (trouble is really a relative term because this recipe is SO easy) that I could muster up the energy to roast a pumpkin. Mostly since I had purchased three little sugar pumpkins that were taking up space on my counter.

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    Roasting Fresh Pumpkin for Pumpkin Butter:

    Freshly roasted pumpkin is so wonderful and delicious. The flesh caramelizes ever so slightly to give it this rich, nutty flavor that is absolutely lacking in the canned version. And it takes only 30 minutes, which is just enough time to shower and dry my hair–I’m big into multi-tasking. Let it cool for a few minutes, then blitz it in your food processor (or using your handy stick blender), and you are ready to rock and roll. A 1 ¼ pound sugar (or pie) pumpkin yields about 2 cups of puree or about the same amount as a small can of pumpkin.

    Pumpkin butter is a thing of pure beauty. In fall, we put it on just about everything–pancakes, muffins, toast, bagels, in peanut butter sandwiches (the kids LOVE pb & pumpkin butter sandwiches), warmed and over vanilla ice cream, and in my coffee (who needs Starbucks when you can make a pumpkin latte at home?). Like some kind of culinary Midas Touch, it turns absolutely everything it touches into pumpkin pie.

    homemade pumpkin butter recipe on toast

    Honestly, it's the best fall gift.

    If you make enough (and double the recipe or use smaller jars), you can give it as a hostess gift at one of those parties you’re always being invited to. It keeps for 3 weeks in the fridge, or 3 months in the freezer. Make sure to leave plenty of room in top of the jar if you plan to freeze it. Your friends will love you forever and ever.

     

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    Make these Pumpkin Butter Gluten-Free Toaster Strudels too! 

    Alison's Gluten-Free Homemade Toaster Strudels are full of lush homemade Pumpkin Butter and delicious flavor. If you're in the market for amazing homemade Pop Tarts, you'll love this recipe too.

    Spiced Apple Butter

    Savor the essence of fall with CA GROWN's recipe for luscious Apple Butter—a blend of tart Granny Smith apples, warm spices, and a touch of sweetness, with the unique addition of prune puree as a natural sugar substitute.

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    Sugar & Spice Pumpkin Butter

    Alison Needham
    This homemade Sugar & Spice Pumpkin Butter is a thing of pure beauty. It's perfect on pancakes, muffins, toast, in sandwiches, on ice cream - even stirred into coffee.
    5 from 5 votes
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    Prep Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 2 cups

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 small pie pumpkin about 1 ¼ pounds or 2 cups pumpkin puree
    • ⅓-2/3 cup brown sugar to taste, depending on how sweet your pumpkin is
    • ⅓ cup white sugar
    • ½ cup unfiltered apple juice preferably organic
    • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
    • 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
    • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
    • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
    • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
    • ¼ teaspoon allspice
    • ¼ teaspoon salt

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Halve the pumpkin from top to bottom and scoop out the seeds and pulp. Set cut-side down on a baking sheet that has been sprayed with gluten-free cooking spray. Bake for 30 minutes, or until flesh is tender and pumpkin can be easily pierced with a knife. Cool for 10 minutes.
    • Scoop out the flesh from the pumpkin and puree until smooth using a stick blender, blender, or food processor. If you are using canned pumpkin obviously skip the last two steps.
    • Add the pumpkin puree to a medium saucepan, along with the sugars, apple juice, maple syrup, spices and salt. Simmer over low heat for about 30 minutes. The mixture will be thick.
    • Pour pumpkin butter into sterilized jars and refrigerate. Use within 3 weeks.
    Keyword pumkin butter, sugar&spice

     

    More Pumpkin Goodness: Gluten-Free Pumpkin Squares or Bars

    Try this killer Thanksgiving (or otherwise) recipe for gluten-free pumpkin squares from Taylor Miller, for the perfect gluten-free family dessert - as long as you can manage to share.

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    pumpkin spice cocktail recipe

    Warm Pumpkin Spice Cocktail

    The ultimate warm holiday cocktail recipe is a pumpkin spice cocktail! We all know pumpkin spice is everywhere when fall arrives, but what about a toasty-warm pumpkin spice cocktail? That's a recipe we'd make again and again.

    Here's how to make Pumpkin Puree from a whole pumpkin:

    Pumpkin puree is simply pumpkin cooked until soft and then blended until it is smooth. You can make pumpkin puree from scratch with the pumpkin of your choice.

    homemade pumpkin puree

    One more fruit butter recipe to try:

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    How to Make Prune Butter

    Try this easy recipe for prune butter from California Prunes. Then use it to fill doughnuts, cookies and cakes, or top pancakes, toast or yogurt. It’s so delicious!

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