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Homemade Pumpkin Butter

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • crockpot

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 cup apple juice or water
  • 15 oz pumpkin puree recipe below
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3/4 teaspoon pumpkin spice mix recipe below
  • 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • In a small crockpot combine all ingredients and stir.
  • Cook on high for 1 hour, then turn the heat to low.
  • Cook for 5-6 hours, stirring about every hour.
  • The mixture will have reduced by 1/3 and turned a darker brown.
  • Cool, and transfer the pumpkin butter into an airtight container and keep in the fridge.

Notes

You can substitute the apple juice for water, but the apple juice adds a little something extra to the flavor!
Homemade Pumpkin Puree
Homemade Pumpkin Spice