Quick and Easy Pumpkin Butter

Create a quick and easy pumpkin butter to use on top of pancakes, waffles, toast, muffins, and more! Using canned pumpkin puree makes this a fifteen-minute fruit butter that saves you hours in the kitchen!

Making fruit butter is a wonderful way to use excess fruit all year long. It’s especially wonderful in the autumn when fall flavors scream for being slowly simmered in a slow cooker, with deep fall spices included.

But you don’t always have the time, patience, or excess produce to always do that.

So I have a quick and easy way to create pumpkin butter that is so easy to make, you can do it while you’re making these fabulous pumpkin waffles for a cozy fall breakfast or brunch.

And even better news, you can make this all year long!

Quick and Easy Pumpkin Butter Recipe

This is one of my favorite go-to toppings for pancakes or waffles for a treat breakfast. But it’s good for so much more!

Ingredients

• 1 can pumpkin puree (a standard can is approximately 15 ounces) But if you happen to have pumpkin powder on your shelf, you can reconstitute it to make this puree!
• 1/2 cup apple juice
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice. Don’t have any? Make your own pumpkin pie spice blend with this easy recipe.
• 1/4 cup brown sugar. Make your own brown sugar for a better flavor!

Note: To make this with dehydrated pumpkin powder, rehydrate enough pumpkin powder for one can of puree:

2 C water to ½ C pumpkin powder = 2 C pumpkin puree

Besides using pumpkin powder for this easy pumpkin butter, there are so many other fabulous ways to use pumpkin powder!

Instructions

1. Blend all ingredients in a small saucepan on low heat.
2. Simmer for 15 minutes. No need to boil this because you don’t want to burn it.
3. Allow to cool (though you can serve warm if you’d like to).

To Store

• Place in a canning jar or other airtight container for up to two weeks in the fridge.
• Freeze in a freezer-safe container for six months.

Other Uses for Pumpkin Butter

• Serve on toast or biscuits.
• Serve over ice cream or yogurt.
• Mix in with oatmeal.
• Use on chicken or pork in the slow cooker as a glaze.
• Stir some into a pound cake or bundt cake as a sweet surprise.

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