Pumpkin Roasted Almond Butter
Woah, did you see that? Look. Up there, in your browser. Notice anything? Yeah, I know, you probably didn’t notice, but there is no longer a “wordpress” up there. I’m just www.iheartvegetables.com. Pretty exciting, for me 😉
Anyways, I wasn’t going to jump on the Pumpkin Trend… except for those pumpkin roasted almonds that I mentioned on Friday, but then I had a problem.
I couldn’t stop reaching into that almond jar every time I came into the kitchen. Something had to be done, but more on that later.
I saw this awesome recipe from the kabocha fashionista! If you haven’t checked out her blog, you should! I made her Dark Chocolate Pudding Peanut Flour Muffins, except I only used 1 tbsp of peanut butter, and I used sugar free pudding mix prepared with soymilk, instead of the soya pudding, because I couldn’t find any at the store!
They may not be the prettiest muffins ever, but they sure are tasty! Not to mention they’re only 100 calories, and 6g of protein, at least if you make them the way I did!
But wait. We’re missing something.
Remember those almonds I needed to use up? Well naturally this was the only option:
Pumpkin Roasted Almond Butter
- 2 cups pumpkin roasted almonds*
- 1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- pinch of salt
*If you can’t find the Planters Pumpkin Roasted Almonds at the store, you could probably just add 2-3 tbsp of pumpkin puree, and double the amount of pumpkin pie spice and brown sugar. You’ll need to keep the butter in the fridge but it should still give you that delicious pumpkin flavor!
Whoa—what an awesome idea for the pumpkin almond butter. I’m slightly obsessed with almond butter…and have trouble loving pumpkin because it always overwhelms everything else. But this sounds like a great balance! Thanks for the idea 🙂
i’m not a fan of overwhelming pumpkin either… so for me, it’s perfect!
I knew i had to check this out when i saw your title… yum!!
I want that. Now. Really. Right now! It actually would have gone wonderfully on the cinnamon walnut muffin I devoured yesterday.
Wow, those muffins and that nut butter sound insanely good!
Put together, they’re pretty epic!
Umm holy freakin yum!! Please give me your kitchen wizard skills 😀
Oh my. I love pumpkin. I love roasted almonds.
I think this will be amazing! 🙂
Whitney
Pumpkin Roasted Almonds?!! Sounds amazing!!
YUMMM. I am obsessed with almond butter. I have been trying to get to making my own too 🙂
Yaaaay so glad they turned out well! I love your variation of them! 🙂 And I definitely need to make that pumpkin almond butter to put on them…almond butter is just amazing and with pumpkin?! Ahhh perfection!!
I bet that tasted awesome, especially spread on top of the muffins! YUM, I love making my own nut/seed butters. Thanks for the idea. 🙂 Happy Monday, hope it’s starting of great!!