Can we talk about Pumpkins for a minute? From the day after Labor Day through Halloween you can’t escape pumpkins. They’re everywhere – the grocery stores, the malls, the 7-11, people’s porches – everywhere. Come the beginning of November and magically we’ve transformed from pumpkin everything to Christmas two months early. It’s not to say I didn’t enjoy pumpkins during the season with my pumpkin spice coffee creamer, pumpkin cheesecake and a day trip to the Pumpkin Farm. I’m all about enjoying what every season has to offer. What I do find frustrating is when on November 8, I’m looking to make a from-scratch pumpkin recipe, I get to my local grocery store and there are literally no pumpkins in sight. What is a girl to do?! I may or may not have had a slight panic attack and called none other than my mother (because as we all know, moms have the answers to everything). Lucky for me, she reminded me that there’s a nursery not too far from home that had a ton of pumpkins left. In that moment I was saved from having to use canned pumpkin puree for my homemade pumpkin jam.
Ingredients
- 1 whole pumpkin
- 1 1/3 cups Brown Sugar
- ½ cup Honey
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
- Remove the seeds from the pumpkin and cut into large slices
- Place the slices on the baking sheet and bake for 45-50 minutes, until soft
- Remove from the oven and separate the flesh from the skin
- Place the pumpkin flesh into a large pot
- Add honey, brown sugar, cinnamon and ground cloves
- Stir and bring to a boil, stirring regularly
- Once the mixture thickens, place in a blender a puree (or use a hand blender)
- Refrigerate before serving
