Pumpkin Butter

11 Reviews

Prep: 50 min
Cook: 8 hr
Ready In: 9 hr 50 min

“A slow cooker, easy recipe for pumpkin butter using fresh pumpkin. Tastes so yummy you'll forget that it's low in sugar as well!” - by ALLYK

Ingredients

1 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1 (5 pound) fresh pumpkin - seeded, peeled, and cut into 2-inch cubes

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Metric US

Original recipe yields 8 half-pint jars

Directions

Combine the sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice in a bowl. Place about 1/4 of the pumpkin into the bottom of a slow cooker, and sprinkle with 1/4 of the sugar mixture; repeat layers 3 more times. Cover the slow cooker, set it on Low, then cook for 8 hours or overnight. Stir once or twice during cooking. When the pumpkin is a dark, golden color, place an immersion blender into the slow cooker, and blend the pumpkin butter until smooth.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (128 total)

Calories
11 cal
< 1%

Fat
0 g
< 1%

Carbs
2.9 g
< 1%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Musicmaker52

Oct. 27, 2010

"This was so simple!!! I just put it in the crockpot. Set my crockpot for 8 hours and left it to cook. This is my first trial at pumpkin butter. I canned it in little jars. The recipe yielded 8 of the ..." See moresmall jars (<1 c. ?) The butter was very brown in color, but the taste was excellent. I may try to lessen the amount of spices."

JFD

Oct. 27, 2010

"It was a very easy pumpkin butter (after the pumpkin was cut up) recipe, but the spices were too much. It's almost bitter and I think that it's because of the clove. When I try this again, I will cu..." See moret down on the spices. Also, it would be nice to know WHAT exactly is a serving."

aing

Oct. 7, 2011

"Wonderful flavor! I had already baked and scraped my pumpkin before reading this recipe, so the pumpkin I put in the crock pot wasn't raw and in chunks. That's why I only left it to slow cook for 4 ..." See morehours. It came out thick and just sweet enough! Great recipe."

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