Pumpkin Butter
Yield: 6 cups
Ingredients
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6½ lb. pie pumpkins
3 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. table salt
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 tsp. lemon zest
¼ tsp. fresh lemon juice
Preparation
Prepare the pumpkin: Peel, seed, and cut up the pumpkin. Place pumpkin in a large pot and add water to cover. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; boil until pumpkin is tender, about 10 minutes. Drain and mash pumpkin. Whip with a hand mixer until smooth. (You should have 6½ cups pumpkin purée.)
Cook the pumpkin mixture: In the same large pot, combine the pumpkin purée and remaining ingredients, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Boil and stir constantly for 10 minutes.
Jar the pumpkin butter: Ladle into hot jars, leaving ½ inch of headspace. Cover with lids and rings. Process for 10 minutes in a boiling water bath in the canner. Let cool completely on a wire rack. Check to make sure the lids are sealed.
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