Pumpkin Butter

Title: Pumpkin Butter
Subject: pumpkin; molasses; nutmeg; water
Description: Card 1 Front:

Pumpkin Butter

Ingredients:

1 medium sized pumpkin
2/3 cups of molasses
Nutmeg to taste

1. Cut open pumpkin and remove pulp and seeds
2. Peel and cut into 1 to 2 inch squares.
3. Cook in water until tender
4. Drain and mash pumpkin.
5. For every cup of mashed pumpkin, add an equal cup of molasses.
6. Cook in a saucepan until thick, stirring to keep from sticking.
7. Once thickened, flavor with ground nutmeg.
8. Serve with hot biscuits

Card 1 Back:

Cliffie Strong, aged 83,
married James Vernon
Strong on April 4, 1934.
After raising four children
of their own, they became
foster parents to four more
children for several years.
Cliffie said that her recipe
for Pumpkin Butter has
been handed down from
generation to generation.

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# Pumpkin Butter

*Recipe from the kitchen of Cliffie Strong*

*Cliffie Strong, aged 83, married James Vernon Strong on April 4, 1934. After raising four children of their own, they became foster parents to four more children for several years. Cliffie said that her recipe for Pumpkin Butter has been handed down from generation to generation.*

## Ingredients

- 1 medium sized pumpkin
- 2/3 cup molasses
- Nutmeg to taste

## Instructions

1. Cut open pumpkin and remove pulp and seeds.
2. Peel and cut into 1 to 2 inch squares.
3. Cook in water until tender.
4. Drain and mash pumpkin.
5. For every cup of mashed pumpkin, add an equal cup of molasses.
6. Cook in a saucepan until thick, stirring to keep from sticking.
7. Once thickened, flavor with ground nutmeg.
8. Serve with hot biscuits.
Creator: Barb Washburn
Source: RCA0009 - From Loan Ledger to Kitchen: The Barb Washburn Collection (Family)
Date: April 4, 1934
Contributor: Cliffie Strong; James Vernon Strong
Rights: Personal/Family
Format: Typed recipe card
Identifier: RCA0009-20260629-0029
Coverage: Washington, US Wisconsin, US