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Apple Spiced Pumpkin Butter

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 15 minutes
Author Emily

Ingredients

  • 60 oz canned pumpkin - 2 large cans (not pumpkin pie filling)
  • 3 cinnamon sticks
  • 8 allspice berries*
  • 10 whole cloves*
  • 1 star anise (optional)
  • 1 T ground cinnamon
  • 2" piece of candied ginger
  • 5-6 dried oranges or 1" pieces of orange rind
  • zest + juice of one lemon
  • 1 1/2 c packed brown sugar (light or dark)
  • 2 c apple cider (spiced or natural)
  • 1 t sea salt

Instructions

  1. Place all ingredients into a 7 qt dutch oven. Stir to combine, cover and bake at 300° for 4 hours. Stir, taste and add additional brown sugar if desired. If added sugar, return to oven for 30 additional minutes. 

  2. Once cooking is done, remove and discard whole spices plus dried ginger and orange.

  3. To store, fill clean half-pint jars, leaving 1" headspace. Cover and refrigerate up to 6 weeks or freeze up to 6 months. Once opened, use within 10 days.

  4. Makes 7 - half pint jars.

Recipe Notes

*can use 1 t ground allspice in place of the berries and 1/2 t ground cloves in place of the whole cloves.