Creamy Spiced Pumpkin

Total Time: 3 mins Preparation Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup cooked pumpkin, mashed or 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 -2 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/8-1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon smooth almond butter (equally delicious here) or 1 tablespoon smooth cashew butter (equally delicious here)

Recipe

• 1 stir together in a microwave-safe dish the first 5 ingredients.
• 2 microwave 1-1/2 min., just until hot- time will vary by machine of course.
• 3 stir in the nut butter until well- combined.
• 4 adjust the spices and sugar if desired. serve immediately.
• 5 here's a yummy variation: soak a tablespoon or two of raisins overnight in the juice; when preparing dish, add raisins and a few sprinkles of pumpkin pie spices such as ginger and allspice.
• 6 please note, as well, that you can use any type of winter squash for this. i love it with sweet butternut squash especially. jennifer's original used sweet potato- also wonderful!