Butternut Butter
Squashes
The Quimper Hitty’s friends over at the Farthing Crowd have been making pumpkin butter (Click here to see their blog)…It looked and sounded so delicious, Opal and Agathe were keen to make some. A lack of pumpkins in our vegetable storage was no deterrent, little Tatty was carved from Butternut wood, so naturally she suggested using her namesake squash…
Scooping
After halving and scooping out the seeds, we baked the squash in a bain marie, for 50 minutes at 350 degrees F. Once cooked, the girls helped scoop out and measure four cups of pulp.
Mashing
Then we mashed it up, added 1 cup of agave syrup, 2 teaspoons of ground ginger, 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon of cloves.
Bubbling
It cooks very slowly, for three to four hours (the human used a slow cooker)….the girls had to endure another afternoon of waiting!…
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Filling
…Big and small jars get filled up! They have to be used right away, stored in the fridge for a couple of weeks, or put into freezable containers and kept frozen.
Admiring
The girls are proud of the result, and now every piece of toast can taste like pumpkin pie!
Thanks so much for the Farthing Crowd crowd for the incentive and the two recipes which we adapted….we think Butternut Butter is our new favourite substance!!!
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Quimper Hittys 
That looks scrumptious! We will be passing your adaptation along to friends, as well as trying it ourselves! It appears the Quimper Hittys had a wonderful afternoon, even if they had to employ patience.
They did! We are Butternut Butter Converts! We didn’t get the nutmeg into the mixture either, unfortunately, we may have to make it again!
What wonderful little cooks the little QH dolls are! The Müttersholtz household has a huge larder of those squash and apply their bounty into many fall and winter dishes. Your narrative is very heartwarming for upcoming cold days.
We can heartily recommend the process of butternut butter-making. We very much enjoyed the result too!
This sounds wonderful, never had it before, but might give it a go!
Pretty yummy! I do recommend it, especially the slow-cooker method.
The Country Hittys suggest the girls should get busy and make some baking powder biscuits to go with this scrumptious spread! Love the photos and the girls cooking on that stove! And the little jar…too sweet!!
They think baking powder biscuits sound pretty good as a substrate for Butternut Butter, and will get right on it!
and thank you for the recipe!
You are welcome – happy to share!!!