Quick and Easy Pumpkin Butter
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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
- Blend all ingredients in a small saucepan on low heat.
- Simmer for 15 minutes. No need to boil this because you don’t want to burn it.
- 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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Quick and Easy Pumpkin Butter
Equipment
- 1 Sauce Pan
Ingredients
- 2 Cups pumpkin puree Standard can is approximately 15 oz or 2 cups
- 1/2 cup apple juice
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (optional)
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
Instructions
- Blend all ingredients in a saucepan on low heat
- Simmer for 15 minutes
- Serve warm if desired
To Store
- Allow to cool
- Place in a canning jar or other airtight container for up to a week in the fridge.
Video
Darcy’s Tips
- 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.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is an estimation only. Nutrient information for dehydrated foods is based on fresh. Use 1/4 of the servicing size for the same nutrient information. Thus 1 Cup of fresh fruit has the same sugars as 1/4 dried.
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Sounds delicious! Is it possible to pressure can it?
Not with any safe, approved method.
Darn. Thank you for responding, especially so quickly. 🙂