Pumpkin Butter
This Pumpkin Butter recipe is just like your favorite store brought brand but made with only 6 ingredients. That means it’s a much healthier fall treat. This recipe is allergy friendly (gluten, dairy, shellfish, nut, egg, and soy free) and suits the autoimmune protocol diet (AIP), and paleo diets.
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups pumpkin or 15 ounce can (not pumpkin pie filling, puree
- 1 cup honey
- 2 cups apple diced (about 1 large apple, no peeling necessary)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves ground
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Place all ingredients and stir until well combined. Cook on high for 4 hours. To prevent scorching, sticking and burning, stir every 90 minutes.
- Using an immersion blender, blend until smooth.
- Transfer to bowl to cool completely before covering (make sure it’s airtight) and store in refrigerator.
Notes
- You’ll need a slow cooker or instant pot to make this recipe. If using a instant pot, you’ll just use the slow cooker function and leave the top off.
- This is the instant pot and slow cooker I use.
- Make sure you watch this towards the end to make sure that it doesn’t burn.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 cups
Amount Per Serving
Calories 344
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 3tablespoons | |
| Calories | 344kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 91g | 30% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 157mg | 7% |
| Potassium | 426mg | 9% |
| Fiber | 6g | 24% |
| Sugar | 81g | 162% |
| Vitamin A | 23865IU | 477% |
| Vitamin C | 10mg | 11% |
| Calcium | 54mg | 5% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.