How to Can Honey Pumpkin Butter

Canning supplies with jar tongs and magnetic lid grabber included.

Honey pumpkin butter is a popular sweet spread that can be used on deserts or breads. Canning honey pumpkin butter, if done properly, will help it last for months or even years without spoiling. Thoroughly sanitizing all of the necessary equipment is essential to the food's longevity, so always use clean surfaces and utensils during preparation. Follow these instructions below to learn how to properly can honey pumpkin butter.

Things You'll Need

• Jars with lids
• Honey pumpkin butter
• Pot with lid
• Tongs
• Spoon
• Clean rag
• Magnetic grabber (optional)

Instructions

1. Wash jars, rings and lids in hot water, then place in boiling water for 10 minutes to sterilize. Reduce heat and remove jars - leave lids and rings in hot water for now.

2. Finish preparing your honey pumpkin butter. Pour or ladle the hot honey pumpkin butter into the hot jars, leaving approximately 1/4 inch of space from top - placing in cool jars may cause the glass to break. Remove air bubbles by stirring and scraping sides of the jars with a spoon. Wipe any spilled butter off the top of the jars using a clean rag.

3. Remove lids and rings from hot water - screw tightly onto the jars immediately.

4. Place the full jars with lids secured into a pot of boiling water - jars must be fully submerged. Cover and let sit for approximately five minutes. Carefully remove jars from boiling water and set aside to cool.

5. Shake jars every five to 10 minutes until the honey pumpkin butter is fully hardened.

Tips & Warnings

• The amount of time required for full jars to process in boiling water depends on altitude - the higher you are, the longer it takes.

References

• Texas Preppers Network: Storage recipes - canning butter
• PickYourOwn.org: How to make and can pear honey
• Simple Bites: Canning 101