Pumpkin Butter

This past summer I grew pie pumpkins in the garden. I used them to decorate for Halloween and once the holiday was over I had all these pumpkins left over! So I decided to try my hand at making pumpkin butter. It made 11 jars!! I sent some to school for the kids teachers and the secretary. I've used a couple of jars to make pumpkin pie. I put some up in the freezer. The kids love it. They will eat it strait out of the jar with a spoon if I let them!

First I gutted them

 

 

Then chopped them into pieces and boiled until the skin was easy to slip off

Added sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, & cloves and put in the crock pot over night

Put it in the food processor

Simmered it one more time for good measure (it was my first attempt! Really I had no idea what I was doing!!)

Then processed them in a water bath.