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Pumpkin Butter Board with sweet snacks

Pumpkin Butter Board

Servings: 6
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Author: Sandy / Reluctant Entertainer
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Made on a 20-inch board
Pumpkin Butter recipe: Makes 1 heaping cup

Ingredients

Pumpkin Butter:

  • 1 15 oz can pumpkin puree
  • ⅓ heaping c maple syrup
  • 1 ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ⅛ tsp ground ginger
  • ⅛ tsp fresh grated nutmeg
  • ½ tsp vanilla, or maple extract

Board ingredients:

  • ½ c homemade pumpkin butter, recipe above or store-bought
  • 8 oz softened cream cheese
  • 2 Tbsp toasted, salted pepitas
  • 2 Tbsp dried cranberries, plus 1/2 c for board
  • Ginger snaps
  • Shortbread pecan cookies
  • Cinnamon sugar graham crackers
  • Butter cookies
  • ⅔ c lightly salted pecans
  • ½ c cinnamon sugar almonds
  • Chocolate and white chocolate covered pretzels
  • Apple slices, 1 large apple
  • 3-4 cutie oranges, peeled, with small piece celery inserted for stem (“pumpkin” oranges)

Instructions

How to make Homemade Pumpkin Butter:

  • In a small pot, add the pumpkin puree, syrup, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. Reduce for 25-30 minutes, until thickened, stirring frequently, then stir in the vanilla and take off heat. Refrigerate and allow to cool completely.

How to assemble the board:

  • Grab a board (with a lip, so the food stays on).
  • Spread the cream cheese on a plate. Next, spread the Homemade Pumpkin Butter into divots in the cream cheese.
  • Sprinkle with dried cranberries and pistachios.
  • Place the plate in the center of a round board.
  • For the cutie oranges: Peel each orange and place a small piece of celery in each to make a "green stem."
  • Build around the cream cheese all the snacks, including the nuts, cookies, pretzels, apple slices, cutie oranges, etc.