Fall is finally upon us. We’ll be dipping into the 30’s a couple of nights this week. While I don’t like the drop in temperature, I do like all of the Fall recipes I can make. It’s apple and pumpkin season, which means we have a lot of pumpkin and apple recipes around our house. When I stumbled across bargain prices on pumpkins recently, I picked up a pumpkin for decor and a pumpkin for cooking. After I cooked and pureed my pumpkin, I had five quart sized bags of pumpkin. Hope you like pumpkin, kids. I posted my favorite Cinnamon Apple Butter recipe last week and someone commented they had recently purchased Pumpkin Butter. I was intrigued. I suddenly had the overwhelming urge to try it for myself. I found some recipes, combined and changed ingredients and came up with my version of Pumpkin Butter.
Easy Pumpkin Butter Recipe
I used 16 ounces of freshly cooked pumpkin puree in my recipe, but this could easily use a 15 ounces size of pumpkin puree. If you use pumpkin puree, sample a spoonful to see if it is sweeter than the freshly cooked puree and adjust the sugar in the recipe accordingly. Also, be sure to adjust the spices to your taste. I used gingerbread spice mix but wanted it to have a more “cinnamon-y” flavor. What can I say? I like cinnamon. If you are not a cinnamon fan, reduce or remove the extra cinnamon in the recipe.
Since this recipe is naturally gluten and dairy free, it’s perfect served for breakfast on any kind of toast (regular, gluten-free, dairy-free, whatever you use) or biscuits. Be sure to stir the pumpkin butter often to keep it from scorching. You can store the pumpkin butter in the fridge for up to a month (if it lasts that long.)
Printable Recipe
- 16 ounces (2 cups) fresh pumpkin puree OR use a 15 ounces can pumpkin puree
- 1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons gingerbread spice (adjust this to your personal taste)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon, optional (again, adjust this to your personal taste)
- Place pumpkin puree, sugar, and lemon juice in a medium saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil. Once the mixture is boiling, add gingerbread spice and cinnamon (if using) and stir until spices are combined.
- Reduce heat to medium. Cook for an additional 10 minutes, stirring frequently. The mixture should be a dark brown color. Allow the pumpkin butter to cool. Store in airtight containers in the refrigerator.
Have you tried pumpkin butter? What is your favorite Fall recipe?
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Pumpkin butter sounds yummy. I’ve never tried it before. Now I’m thinking of all the things it would taste good on. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
I’ve never tried pumpkin butter but the entire family loves apple butter. I’m so glad apple and pumpkin flavors are back in season!
Oh I love this pumpkin butter recipe. So glad it is finally the season to make these delicious recipes
Pumpkin Buttter sounds really delicious. I haven’t tried tthem myself but I should go ahead and make one. I know I can’t buy it here.
Pumpkin butter will make your house smell so good while its cooking! I just love the seasonal flavors of auturmn!
I think this is something my family would really enjoy. Love a good seasonal recipe. Sound great for Thanksgiving breakfast!
The pumpkin butter looks really delicious. It will go so well with toast and make for an enjoyable breakfast.
I have never tried pumpkin butter before! I have done the savory butters like garlic butter or herb infused, but never pumpkin, always looking to try something new! 🙂
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I have a cousin who love to eat but is a total klutz in the kitchen. I will make some pumpkin butter and give it to her as a gift. I love your easy to follow recipes. They are all fantastic!
That looks really good! And I love how easy it is to make! Will definitely try this!
My daughter went on a field trip today and making butter was one of the fun activities they got to do. Since I’ve got her hooked on all things pumpkin (just like her mama), I know she’ll love helping me make this.
I had forgotten all about pumpkin butter. I haven’t had it in quite a while. Love to see this popping up!
I’ve never had pumpkin butter before. If it’s anything like apple butter, I’m in!
It looks so good! I bet it is positively divine on warm biscuits right out of the oven. I must make a batch this weekend!
I do love pumpkin but I’ve never made my own pumpkin butter! That’s really interesting, not to mention that it looks super yummy!
I would love to have the kids try pumpkin butter and it would be so much better to make it myself! I can’t wait to give this recipe a try!
I have not tried this but it reminds me of apple butter which I love, will give this a try. I bet it would be delicious on bagels.
Someone asked me if I had ever made pumpkin butter and I haven’t but this sounds good and easy. Two things that’s always good for a recipe.
I would absolutely love to make this. I’ve always wanted to but I run out of time. Need to make it soon.
Yum. This sounds amazing. I love to make a fall apple butter bread with walnuts, but I’m thinking the pumpkin butter would make a great alternative. And my house would smell amazing.
This could be super good with some of our biscuits. Awesome recipe! I’d definitely have to have cinnamon in mine.
I hadn’t heard of pumpkin butter before, this looks and sounds like a delicious idea. Loving that you shared it, will make it here sometime soon!
Now this sounds like such an interesting idea, I wouldn’t have thought of making pumpkin butter, but what a great thing to make.
This sounds interesting! Looks easy to make and can spread it or eat it right off a spoon!
Mmm, I don’t think I’ve ever tried pumpkin butter, but it sounds fabulous. I’d spread it on my pumpkin spice bagel 😉
This would be fun to make and put some on toast, or even mix in a spoonful with vanilla ice cream! I have never tried a pumpkin butter before but it sounds very good.
Perfect timing for me, because this is the first gluten free/dairy free holiday season I’m headed into. I’m going to give it a shot!
I have had apple butter and made it before but I have never had pumpkin butter! This looks awesome! I will definitely have to try this. It looks so good and I can almost smell it!
I’ve always wanted to try Pumpkin Butter! This recipe looks easy and simple! I’ll have to try it out.
Pumpkin butter is the greatest thing ever. I recently had it for the first time, and it was so, so good. I have to make this with my wife.
I can’t wait to make this! My neighbor makes apple butter every year and I love it. I can only imagine how amazing pumpkin butter would taste! Om nom nom.
I’ve never heard of pumpkin butter before but this sounds so delicious and a great way to use up that last can of pumpkin puree that tends to stay on my pantry shelf long after the holidays. Thanks for sharing.
this pumpkin butter sounds really good and you seem to have a easy enough recipe. Would make great food gifts as well.
Pumpkin butter is one of my favorite fall treats. I could eat it everyday and sometimes I do if I make enough 🙂 Yum.