My Foodie Call

Pumpkin butter. Yum.

I wanted to come up with some sort of healthy spread for my kids to put on their toast, mini bagels, waffles, or any other carb-y thing.

Had to be sweet enough for them to want to eat it. Had to be healthy enough for me to want to serve it .

Flaxseed Pumpkin Butter was born. This recipe is not so bad on sugar, has a healthy serving of flax for Omega 3’s, and is a slow cooker recipe to boot.

Slow Cooker Flaxseed Pumpkin Butter

Ingredients:

• 1- 6.75 oz  apple juice box
• 15 oz can pumpkin puree
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon flaxseed meal (Not flaxseeds. Buy a box of “milled flaxseed” or if you have some time, grind your own seeds and make your own flax meal.)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions:

1. Spray slow cooker bowl with non-stick spray to ensure an easy, post pumpkin butter clean up.
2. Stir and combine all ingredients in your slow cooker.
3. Cover and cook ok on high for 1 hour. Turn heat to low and cook for 4-5 hours, stirring every hour or so. It should thicken up nicely!

I put my pumpkin butter in a mason jar and it’s ready to pop in the fridge when I’m not “buttering something up”.

My mini bagel plan in action.