Pumpkin Butter Mochi Recipe – FOOD is Four Letter Word (2024)

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Spoon some into oatmeal. Add it to vanilla milkshakes or smoothies. Stir a spoonful into a latte. Whip a few spoonfuls with softened butter to make whipped compound pumpkin butter (this is delicious on rolls, biscuits, or cornbread)

To substitute pumpkin puree for butter, multiply the amount of butter by 3/4. If a recipe calls for one cup, use 3/4 cup puree in its place. If you're not ready to give up all the butter, consider splitting the bill. For one cup of butter, use 1/2 cup of butter and 1/2 cup of pumpkin puree.

Two tablespoons of roasted pumpkin seed butter provides 190 calories, 17 grams of fat and 8 grams of protein. It's also an excellent source of manganese and magnesium providing 60% and 40% of the recommended daily amount, respectively. It's also a good source of vitamin E and iron.

Ways to eat pumpkin

You can cook it into a soup or roast it with other vegetables. Canned pumpkin can be combined with coconut milk and spices to make a creamy curry base.

Home canning is not recommended for pumpkin butter or any mashed or pureed pumpkin or winter squash. In 1989, the USDA's Extension Service published the Complete Guide to Home Canning that remains the basis of Extension recommendations today, found in the September 1994 revision.

Aside from giving your baked goods a seasonal touch, pumpkin puree is excellent for replacing eggs. Use 1/4 cup of pumpkin puree for each egg, says Traci Weintraub, chef and founder of Gracefully Fed, a restaurant in Los Angeles.

Just like with nut butters, dogs can enjoy a variety of seed butters, but not all seed butters. Pets can enjoy chia seed butter, pumpkin seed butter and even sunflower seed butter.

We would suggest you do like the Portuguese do and pair it with a full-flavored cheese, like our Dried Fruit Goat Log or our Cheddar with Scotch Bonnet Chilis, if you're feeling really bold. It also goes well on a sandwich with our Spicy Uncured Charcuterie Selection.

GOOD TO KNOW: Nutrient-packed pumpkin seed butter is a good source of magnesium, zinc, potassium and iron. Wilderness Poets pumpkin seed butter has no sugars. It has fewer calories and fat per serving than Jif Regular Peanut Butter, which has 190 calories and 16 grams of fat.

Another reason that I love this alternative to my regular nut-butter is the anti-inflammatory benefits of pumpkin seeds. These little seeds contain a high level of zinc which is an antioxidant and an anti-inflammatory agent that also helps the metabolic process.