CrimsonRose
Lovin' The Homestead
For pumpkin butter I had the same worry about the waterbath canning since there is SO many warning about canning pumpkin anyhow...
But I did it anyhow... LOL only had 3 cans (made a small batch to see if we liked it...) so couldn't justify pulling out the huge canner...
I loaded the pint jars while the pumpkin butter was still very hot straight out of the crockpot... Then I water bath canned it for about 30-40 mins... and so far the 2 jars we have opened are still very yummy! no problems
I'm about to make another batch soon and will prob just WBC those as well...
I suppose it's the sugars that help keep the pumpkin butter safe to water bath can... I also always put honey in most of my butters to help sweeten them so maybe the antibacterial properties of the honey helps too... not sure But so far so good!
But I did it anyhow... LOL only had 3 cans (made a small batch to see if we liked it...) so couldn't justify pulling out the huge canner...
I loaded the pint jars while the pumpkin butter was still very hot straight out of the crockpot... Then I water bath canned it for about 30-40 mins... and so far the 2 jars we have opened are still very yummy! no problems
I'm about to make another batch soon and will prob just WBC those as well...
I suppose it's the sugars that help keep the pumpkin butter safe to water bath can... I also always put honey in most of my butters to help sweeten them so maybe the antibacterial properties of the honey helps too... not sure But so far so good!