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fresh pumpkin puree in bowl next to whole orange pumpkin

Pumpkin Puree

Turn your Halloween sugar pumpkins to tasty pumpkin puree to bake and cook with in all autumn recipes.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Homemade Ingredients
Cuisine American, Southern
Calories/Serving 124 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Tbsp olive oil, ...[$0.10]
  • 1 whole sugar pumpkin or other small variety, ...[$5.00]

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 °F and spread olive oil on baking sheet.
  • Cut pumpkin in half and scoop out all seeds and pumpkin pulp.
  • Place pumpkins cut side down and bake for 40-45 minutes or until pumpkin is soft and a fork can pierce through.
  • Remove cooked pumpkin halves and let cool. Then pull off thick pumpkin skin.
  • Blend soft baked pumpkin meat until smooth and not lumpy. Store in freezer bags or containers to freeze for later or use in baked goods.

Nutrition

Calories: 124kcalCarbohydrates: 0.1gProtein: 0.01gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gSodium: 0.3mgPotassium: 4mgSugar: 0.03gVitamin A: 85IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 0.3mgIron: 0.1mg