Homemade Pumpkin Butter

This homemade pumpkin butter is packed full of homemade pumpkin puree, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and cooked down in sweet apple cider. Perfect on toast!

Remember that homemade pumpkin puree I posted last week? Well here is another amazing dish you can make with that puree.  Homemade pumpkin butter. It’s sweet, full of autumn spices and utterly delicious! I enjoy eating it on fresh muffins, scones, bagels….ok, pretty much anything bread like. It’s also equally delicious eaten by the spoonful. Don’t judge me. I know I’m not the only one.

Homemade Pumpkin Butter

This homemade pumpkin butter is packed full of homemade pumpkin puree, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and cooked down in sweet apple cider. Perfect on toast!

Yield: 14 ounces

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

Ingredients:

• 16 ounces homemade pumpkin puree (or 1 can store bought pumpkin puree)
• 1 cup apple cider
• 3 whole star anise
• 6 whole cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg (fresh ground)
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice

Source: Nutmeg Nanny

Directions:

Add all ingredients into a pot and cook on medium heat until thickened and fruit butter consistency, about 30 minutes. You want it to be spreadable but not runny. Let the butter cool and take out the whole stare anise and whole cloves.

Store in a glass canning jar in the fridge. Will keep in the fridge for a week.