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Spiced Vanilla Pumpkin Seed Butter

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20 min

Spread

Homemade staple

10 ingredients or less

A lightly sweet nut-alternative spread. This thick and gorgeously colourful pumpkin seed butter is quick to whip up and adds a lovely warm flavour to spread over toast or spoon onto oatmeals or porridges.

Servings

(1 Tbsp per serving)

Total

20 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

10 min

Free from

Soy symbol

soy

Peanut symbol

peanut

Treenut symbol

tree nut

Sesame symbol

sesame

Gluten symbol

gluten

What others say


Lotte _ - Sept. 9, 2024, 5:29 p.m.

Made this last week and loved it! We had to keep blending for a good while, it took us around 20-30 minutes to get the texture right so it takes some patience :)
Next time we’re planning to add some cashews for hopefully a creamier texture, as this was still a little bit dry.
The colour turned out just as beautiful as in the pictures and the taste is delicious 😍


Cathelijne - Aug. 20, 2024, 10:42 p.m.

Loved this! Would be great on toast with some berries🍓🫐The pumpkin seeds did lose quite some moisture due to the oven so I had to add a few tbs of olive oil to make it smooth instead of crumbly and dry

PUL small logo PUL Team - Aug. 25, 2024, 9:18 p.m.

Hey Cathelijne! Thanks so much for taking the time to share your experience with the pumpkin seed butter recipe. Based on feedback, we've added a note to the recipe to add oil if needed 🤗

In case it helps, we use conventional heat, so the symbol on our oven shows the top and bottom heating without the fan, with the pan in the middle rack of the oven. In case you use the option with a fan, also called convection bake, the baking time will be less to avoid overly drying the seeds ✨


Oliver Carney - March 27, 2024, 12:40 p.m.

👍


Mary - Jan. 9, 2024, 8:21 a.m.

My son has a nut allergy so I was happy to see a seed-based recipe on here. I followed your tip to keep blending and the texture came out lovely! We had it on toast with some syrup drizzled on top!

PUL small logo PUL Team - Jan. 9, 2024, 10:25 p.m.

Yay so happy to hear, Mary! In case you're interested and haven't already seen, we also have a Sunflower Seed Butter recipe here: https://www.pickuplimes.com/r… 😊


Chris Vogt - Dec. 22, 2023, 1:48 p.m.

Very dry but beautiful color!

PUL small logo PUL Team - Dec. 22, 2023, 8:05 p.m.

Hey Chris, the trick with a smooth nut or seed butter is to keep blending! Often for even 5 minutes after you think it's done, and ideally using a powerful food processor (600W or higher). This can really help the seeds release their natural oils which helps make the consistency more smooth. In case your food processor is not super powerful, you can always add a touch of a neutral flavoured oil to help it out a bit as well. Lastly, for the best results, we recommend using freshly purchased pumpkin seeds because older seeds dry out over time. I hope this helps in case you ever want to give this one another go 🥰

Chris Vogt - Sept. 19, 2024, 6:50 p.m.

Thank you so much for your reply and that you took the time to explain. I just saw your reply - thanks to this awesome new app feature. I really like your App and am following all your videos for years <3