Vegan Pumpkin Butter

Pumpkin butter’s festive taste and intoxicating aroma make it a fall classic.  It can be smeared on toast or muffins, eaten out of the jar with a spoon, or used as an oatmeal or yogurt topping!  Plus, it’s fun and easy to prepare.

I used a pumpkin butter recipe comes from a great cookbook, Vegan Desserts: Sumptuous Sweets for Every Season, by Hannah Kiminsky.

First, gather the ingredients!

Once the maple syrup and pumpkin heat up, magic happens…

The mixture takes on a darker hue and delicious smells begin to waft through your house.

Tom (aka the fiancé) knows that when I approach with a mystery sample, the agreement is taste first, question second.  With the pumpkin butter, he pronounced, “It tastes like fall.”   I couldn’t have put it better myself.  In fact, I’m hoping to make a big batch in a few months for holiday gifts!