PUMPKIN BUTTER RECIPE

This Amish Pumpkin Butter recipe is easy enough to make large batches and can, delicious enough to eat on gluten-free bread sandwiches all fall and winter, and unique enough to hand out as hostess gifts at fall parties.

But that said, of course, you can make this Amish Pumpkin Butter Recipe with any variety of pumpkin you wish – even canned pumpkin, which will shorten the process.

But if you’re a purist like me (only because we grew so many though, tbh), grab a couple of small pie pumpkins, split them in half, deseed, and roast, cut side down, at 350º for, I dunno, an hour?

I tend not to be very precise about chores like that – I put them in to roast while I’m doing school work with the kids at the kitchen table and take them out when they’re soft enough to stick a fork through.

INGREDIENTS

• 4 cups of pumpkin purée (or two 15oz cans)
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 Tablespoons pumpkin pie spice mix

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Stir ingredients together in a 4 quart of larger pan
2. Heat over low or medium-low heat
3. Continue cooking until pumpkin butter is thick and deep brown.
4. Ladle into clean jars and seal

How to can:

1. Use litmus paper to ensure your pumpkin butter is at a ph of 5.4 or lower before canning
2. Transfer pumpkin butter to pint or half pint jars (I really like these jars)
3. Wipe rims to insure there is no debris between rim and lid
4. Top with flat and ring, and twist lids on fairly tightly
5. Place into a pressure canner with a canning bottom so that jars are not in direct contact with heat source
6. Fill pot with you canner’s recommended amount of water (mine is 2 quarts).Make sure that the water is as close to the same temperature as the pear butter as possible – if the butter is hot, use hot water, if the butter is cold, use cold water – to avoid jars breaking
7. Secure lid, and heat over medium-high heat until steam begins to escape from steam valve
8. Set your timer for ten minutes and continue to let canner steam
9. Place pressure weights on the ten pound setting over steam valve
10. Bring to pressure for 30 minutes
11. Remove from hear and allow to cool inside canner for an hour or more if possible to avoid jars breaking when they come into contact with cool air
12. Leave rings on sealed jars at least 24 hours before removing to clean and dry jars for storage
13. Store in a cool dark place.
14. Enjoy!