I just love fall! One of my favorite things about it is pumpkin dishes and baked goods. This recipe uses fresh pumpkin that was first roasted in the oven for 90 minutes on 350 degrees face down. For full details check out roasted pumpkin puree.

Ingredients :
10 cups of roasted pumpkin purée
1 cup brown sugar
3 cinnamon sticks
1 TB of pumpkin pie spice
1/4 cup Apple cider

Directions:

1. Place the pumpkin purée in a slow cooker. Add remaining ingredients in your crock pot.

2.Place the slow cooker on low. Stir pumpkin mixture every hour and cook for 3 to 4 hours.

3. Remove cinnamon sticks and purée with emulsion blender or place in a food processor and pulse until well blended and no signs of stringy pumpkin remain.

4. Enjoy on crackers or my sister’s favorite with cottage cheese .

Yields 8 cups of apple butter! Enjoy