Pumpkin Seed Butter

A creamy, good-tasting seed butter made of green pumpkin seeds (aka pepitas). This is a perfect nut-free alternative, and it's super simple to make with a high-power blender or food processor.

Prep Time30

Total Time30

Servings: tablespoons

Author: Danika Vanderpyl

Equipment

1 high power blender or food processor

Ingredients

2 cups pumpkin seeds raw or roasted
2 tablespoons coconut oil
2 tablespoons honey
¼ teaspoon sea salt

Instructions

(If you are using roasted pumpkin seeds, skip this step.) Preheat the oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit (145 C). Place pumpkin seeds onto a cookie sheet and put them into the oven for 10 minutes until they are turning golden brown and starting to pop. Let them cool for 10-20 minutes.
Place the cool seeds into the food processor or high-power blender(read the blog post above for photos and differences in machines), and blend for 5-10 minutes until you see a thick green paste. At this time add the coconut oil, honey, and sea salt.
The pumpkin seed butter will become thick and almost crumbly at this point, however, keep blending and it will become runny again. If the machine gets hot or seems like it’s overworking, turn it off for 10-20 minutes, so it can cool down, then blend 5-10 minutes longer until you get runny pumpkin seed butter.
After some time, if the pumpkin seed butter is not as thin or spreadable as you would like it, add a neutral-tasting oil like grapeseed oil, or cold-pressed organic canola oil. I need to do this when I make pumpkin seed butter in the food processor. Place in a clean jar and enjoy!

Notes

Scroll into the blog post above for step-by-step photos of making pumpkin seed butter in both a food processor OR a high power blender.

This recipe makes about 1.5 cups of pumpkin seeds butter.

Storing: If you plan to eat pumpkin butter in the next week or two, I would reccomend to keep it in the cupboard so it stays a spreadable consistency. If it will take you longer to consume, I recommend keeping this seed butter in the fridge so it doesn't go racid.

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