Pumpkin Butter

My other love (I posted about my love of breads last week) is breakfast.  I love trying new breakfast recipes.  This recipe enticed me because it is used in a lot of different recipes.  Most of them, breakfast recipes.  Oh yea!  I also wanted to try it because it is good for you.  I got this recipe at skinnytaste.com.  I am loving her site and very excited to try some of her recipes.  They are especially good if you are looking at staying healthy.  The recipe I am posting for the club is Pumpkin Butter, but you can use your pumpkin butter in this pumpkin smoothie,










or use it to top these pumpkin spice pancakes








or these pumpkin spiced crepes.










Oh man, my mouth is watering.  All the photos and recipes are from skinnytaste.com. Please post your thoughts and any suggestions you have for future recipes.  I am off to cook.


A note from the author:  A few ideas that come to mind with what you can do with pumpkin butter; serve it on toast or scones, add it to your latte for a pumpkin latte, make pumpkin oatmeal, pumpkin cheesecake, add it to yogurt with granola for a pumpkin yogurt parfait... have I enticed you yet? I cooked a pumpkin in my crock pot and pureed it in the blender, but canned pumpkin would work just as good. I love using real cinnamon sticks for this, but ground cinnamon would work in place of them.

Pumpkin Butter
Gina's Skinny Recipes 
Servings: 14 • Serving Size: 1/4 cup • Old Points: 1.5 pts • Points+: 3 pts
Calories: 88.2 • Fat: 0.3 g • Protein: 1.0 g • Carb: 27.3 g • Fiber: 2.5 g   

• 3 1/2 cups pumpkin puree, or 1 (29 ounce) can (not pumpkin pie filling)
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup apple cider or juice
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2-3 cinnamon sticks
• 1-2 tsp pumpkin pie spice (to taste)

Combine pureed pumpkin, vanilla, apple juice, spices, cinnamon sticks and sugar in a large saucepan; stir well. Bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer for 30 - 40 minutes or until thickened. Stir frequently. Adjust spices to your taste.