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erinubear

Pumpkin butter recipe, and update

Oct 20, 2010 16:37

Yay! The pumpkin butter is done! My apartment smells yummy. Ahhhhhhhhh.......

My friend Claire HannabellesMom said she might like a recipe. So here it is, for Claire, and for anyone else who might like it also ( Read more... )

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sweetmeow October 20 2010, 23:50:20 UTC

Hey! I think I can make this...!!! (I'm not much of a cook, but you're right -- this is straightforward. The trick WILL be to stir stir stir -- especially with a gas stove where it's difficult to get on a very low setting.

How is this best used? I'm thinking that it can be a special spread for for bread or rolls at Thanksgiving dinner. Is this how this is often used? I'm thinking of making it for our dinner.

Also -- how much does it make? Would I need to double the recipe for a crowd of 15 or so? What would be your best guess. I could always give my mom the left overs and it would be something easy for her to have as a topping for bread for lunch into December. (She doesn't cook much)

erinubear October 21 2010, 00:01:18 UTC

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hannabellesmom October 20 2010, 23:51:00 UTC

Yum yum yum!!!! It sounds so "fallish"!!!! I have three big pumpkins out in the front yard which will become "food" of various sorts in a very short time. Could I use fresh pumpkin if I pureed it thoroughly??

Thanks SO much for sharing it with us!!! Terry will love it too!!!

Hugs,
Claire

erinubear October 21 2010, 00:05:55 UTC

Oooooh! I love your icon in the pumpkin patch! How great!

I haven't tried using fresh pumpkins for this, but it could work. I understand that the pumpkins used for carving are not the best ones for cooking and desserts, that they tend to be more stringy and coarse. It may be harder to get a smooth puree at the end of cooking, especially if you are using an ornamental pumpkin. The canned pumpkin puree is a really good product, and works very well for this - it is often put on sale around this time of the year, too, at least in my area, or maybe once we get into November. And some places are cheaper than others. I don't know if you have Walmart in your area, but here, that's about the cheapest place to get it....if you don't have objections to shopping there.

Good luck! If you make it, let me know. Give my greetings to Terry!

Hugs,
Erin

hannabellesmom October 21 2010, 03:10:58 UTC

I do have WalMarts around and I shop there frequently, though not what you would call regularly.

My pumpkins are "pie quality", not for carving. We might draw a face on one of them with a magic marker closer to Halloween, but I'm not really a Halloween person. I do a lot more celebrating of "All Saints' Day", etc., so we get pie quality pumpkins for our fall display . . . I usually make pies out of one of them - - - have a great recipe that was my Great Aunt's favorite for a pumpkin "Chiffon" pie . . . recipe makes four of them, and they do fine with Splenda, so we eat smallish pieces every other day or so topped with Sugar Free Cool Whip.

I LOVE the idea of using the pumpkin butter blended into cream cheese . . . we use Tofutti Cream Cheese and often use it for breakfast with our Oatmeal Date Bread. . .

I am making myself SO hungry!!! I need to go dig out Wendi S's Pumpkin Bread Recipe . . .

I'll let you know - - - thanks again!!

Hugs,
Claire

erinubear October 21 2010, 13:29:25 UTC

Hi Claire,

The pumpkins sound great. I'm like you, not much of a Halloween person either. But I love fall, and pumpkins, which are very charming, and they taste delicious, whether in savory or sweet preparations.

In my first post about the pumpkin butter, my friend Carol replied, and she said she uses the pumpkin butter on apple slices. That would be good, too! I haven't tried that yet but plan to give it a try later today. : - )

Good luck with your cooking and baking projects. I'm a big fan of pumpkin anything!!!!

Hugs,
Erin