Pumpkin Butter

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When you return home and step into the house, and there’s the aroma of something deliciously yummy simmering away in a pot, you know that you will have a luxurious meal that is a nutritious treat for everyone. It takes time and love to cook a delicious meal. Unfortunately, not many of us do that today. If you do cook, this recipe is for you. A Slow-Cooked Pumpkin Butter makes a traditional homemade gift for the entire family and friends.

Pumpkin soup is a family favorite for many in homes across Europe and elsewhere. For this pumpkin butter recipe, all you need is a few ingredients, a slow cooker or pot, a few bottle containers, and time, 4-6 hours for slow cooking, and you will impress everyone.

Pumpkin butter is similar to apple, zucchini, or carrot butter but only made using pumpkins. Fantastic on toast, pancakes, oatmeal, or waffles, mixed into soups, or just eaten directly. The natural antimicrobial properties of the spices like cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, and cardamom give extra health benefits and elevate the taste of the final butter.

It boosts your metabolism, fights diseases and infections, helps balance blood sugar, and the spices are loaded with antioxidants, decelerate aging, and prevent coronary heart disease and cancer. Pumpkin seeds oil is also a preventive for prostate problems, this one unique oil with a dark green color. Plus, this pumpkin butter is completely natural.

Thus you´re giving your family and friends a treat without preservatives, high fructose corn syrup, artificial flavors, and coloring. This, my friends, is also gluten-free, paleo-friendly, vegetarian, and vegan if you don´t use honey. 

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Vegan Pumpkin Butter

Pestos, Dips & Sauces – Dadaji Fusion Recipes

By SS Shiva – Serves: 5-6

Prep Time: 10 min – Cooking Time: 4-6 hrs slow cooking – Total Time: 4-6 hour 10 min

Nutritional Benefits: Pumpkins boost your metabolism, fight diseases and infections, helps balance blood sugar thanks to vitamins A, B2, C, and E, Zeaxanthin, Lutein, potassium, copper, manganese, and fiber. The spices are loaded with antioxidants, which decelerate aging, prevent coronary heart disease and cancer. Pumpkin seeds oil is also a preventive for prostate problems and is a unique oil with a dark green color.

Ingredients

• 3 3/4 cups pumpkin puree
• 1 cup rice syrup or raw honey
• 2 tbsp organic pumpkin oil
• 1/2 cup apple cider
• 1 tsp vanilla pod extract
• 2 tsp fresh lemon juice
• 1 drop of lemon essence
• 1 tbsp cinnamon powder
• 1 tsp fresh ground nutmeg
• 1 tsp fresh grated ginger
• 1 tbsp sea salt
• 1/4 tsp freshly ground cloves powder
• 1/4 freshly-powdered cardamon
• 2 drops of cardamom essential oil
• 2 drops cinnamon essential oil

Instructions

1

Add all ingredients except the cloves, cardamon, and their essential oils to a slow cooker.

2

Stir well to combine and cook on meager heat for 4 hours.

3

Add the powdered cloves, cardamon, and their essential oils and continue cooking for another 1 hour or until the sauce is thick.

4

Stir continuously to prevent sticking or burning.

5

Remove the lid and continuously stir the mixture for a thicker pumpkin butter until you get the desired consistency.

6

With the spoon, scoop out the pumpkin butter into jars and allow them to cool.

7

Store the butter in the refrigerator for up to three weeks. It can also store longer in the freezer.

Nutrition

• 266 Calories
• 58.3g Carbohydrates
• 6g Fat
• 5.6g Fiber
• 3.2g Protein
• 1.4g Saturated fat
• 52mg Sodium
• 41g Sugar