Description:

Very delicious old-fashioned pumpkin pie tasting butter.

Source:

Charlene Collins

Serves/Makes:maybe 6 half-pints

Ingredients

• 3 pints mashed or canned pumpkin
• 4 tbsp (60 ml) butter (no substitutions)
• 1 pound sugar
• 1 tsp (5 ml) vinegar
• ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon to taste

Preparation

• If preparing a fresh pumpkin: bake or steam pumpkin.
• Rub through sieve or colander.
• Mix pumpkin with sugar, butter, vinegar, spices in at least a 5 quarts (4725 ml) heavy bottomed pot.
• Simmer 1 hour or until thick and mixture rounds up on spoon.
• Seal in sterile jars and process in boiling water canner 10 minutes if desired.

Comments

This is an old recipe I found in a cookbook. I can't remember the yield, so have about 7 half-pint jars ready. The pumpkin butter is really delicious, season it like you would pumpkin pie and you can't go wrong. While cooking, it tends to make a big 'burp' instead of simmering like a broth would. Watch so the mixture doesn't stick and scorch.