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Crock Pot Pumpkin Butter
Crock Pot Pumpkin Butter is a spiced, thickened pumpkin spread made by slow-cooking pumpkin puree with brown sugar, apple cider, warming spices, and vanilla. The result is a smooth, richly flavored butter suitable for spreading on bread or using in recipes.
Cook Time
3 hrs
Total Time
3 hrs
Servings:
2
cups
Calories:
37 kcal
Course:
Condiments
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 30 oz pumpkin puree not pumpkin pie filling, canned
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup apple cider or apple juice
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp allspice
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg freshly ground, maybe more
- 1/2 tsp vanilla paste or seeds of 1/2 a vanilla bean
Instructions
- Whisk together all the ingredients and put into the crock pot. Turn on LOW and cook for one hour.
- Stir the contents and then cook for another 2 hours, with the lid partially open. Stir the butter every once in a while. It is done when it is reduced by about half, and thick enough to run your spoon across the bottom without the pumpkin running back into the space.
- Crock pots vary a bit, so your butter might take a little more or less time.
- This step is OPTIONAL, but I like to pass the puree through a mesh strainer before I put it in jars. It just makes it a touch silkier. Push the puree through the sieve firmly with the back of a large spoon to get as much through as possible. Scrape the spoon along the outside of the strainer to release the thick puree.
- Spoon the butter into one jar, or several smaller jars and let cool. Then cap tightly and refrigerate. It will keep for about 10 days in the refrigerator and 6 months in the freezer. If you plan to freeze it, leave at least 1/2 inch at the top of each jar for expansion as it freezes.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1Tbsp
Calories
37kcal
(2%)
Carbohydrates
9g
(3%)
Protein
0.3g
(1%)
Fat
0.1g
(0%)
Saturated Fat
0.04g
(0%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.01g
(0%)
Monounsaturated Fat
0.01g
(0%)
Sodium
3mg
(0%)
Potassium
68mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
8g
(16%)
Vitamin A
4137IU
(83%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
13mg
(1%)
Iron
0.4mg
(2%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2 cups
Amount Per Serving
Calories 37
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1Tbsp | |
| Calories | 37kcal | 2% |
| Carbohydrates | 9g | 3% |
| Protein | 0.3g | 1% |
| Fat | 0.1g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.04g | 0% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.01g | 0% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.01g | 0% |
| Sodium | 3mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 68mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 4137IU | 83% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 13mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.4mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.