Top 20 Most Amazing Pumpkin Recipes + How To Make Pumpkin Puree!

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It is so incredibly easy to make your own pumpkin puree instead of buying it in cans at the store.

Just buy a pie pumpkin (one of the smaller ones) and cook it using your preferred method. I prefer cooking my pumpkins whole in the oven.

Once your pumpkin is cooked through, cut it in half and scoop out the seeds (put them to the side to make roasted pumpkin seeds later!), scoop out the remaining pumpkin pulp, and then use a food processor or Vitamix to puree the pulp.

I’m a fairly lazy cook, so I just use my pumpkin puree as is and use less of other liquids in the recipe. But if you would prefer the consistency to be more like canned pumpkin, then just place a cheesecloth over a mesh strainer, and pour the pumpkin puree in the cheesecloth. Allow the puree to sit for about an hour, and then use it like you would use puree from the can.

A 3 lb. pie pumpkin should give you around 2 cups of puree, which is just a tad more than the 15 ounces in a can.

So now what do you do with this pumpkin puree?

I turned to my favorite recipe search engine, PINTEREST, to find lots of amazing recipes using pumpkin puree!

I tried to have a mix of dessert and non-dessert recipes, but it *might* be a little dessert heavy. 🙂