Butter Boards are all the rage right now,
they are literally cutting boards smeared with a thick layer
of flavored butter
and served with a variety of breads, crackers,
and fruit for spreading and dipping
I decided to put a little spin on the concept
by making individual butter boards and serving them on plates
with the dippers ready for selecting
on a tray in the center of the table
I made a sweet and savory seasonal
Pumpkin Pecan Butter
First mix the butter with chopped pecans,
brown sugar, and maple syrup
Once this mixture is combined, add the pumpkin puree
Spread a thick layer of cream cheese onto the board
Top with a generous layer of pumpkin pecan butter
Garnish with chopped dried cranberries and honey roasted pistachios
I set a table with all things pumpkin
and placed a board with apples, cookies, and crackers,
on a tray in the center
The choices for things to dip or spread is infinite,
toast points, baguette slices, bagels,
cookies, crackers, apples, pears…
I chose shortbread cookies, apple slices,
and Nut Thins crackers
This recipe is adapted from The Reluctant Entertainer
Pumpkin Pecan Butter Board
Equipment
- individual boards or 1 large board
Ingredients
Maple Pecan Butter
- 1 stick quality salted butter like Kerry Gold
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
- 1 Tbsp real maple syrup
- 1 Tbsp brown sugar
Pumpkin Pecan Butter
- 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened I used whipped cream cheese
- 1 cup maple pecan butter
Garnishes
- Dried cranberries
- Pistachio nuts or honey roasted pistachio nuts shelled
- Crumbled bacon
- chopped pecans
Serve with
- Chessmen shortbread cookies
- Pecan Nut Thins
- Apple slices
- bagel pieces
- graham crackers
- gingersnaps
- pretzels
Instructions
- Combine the Pecan Butter ingredients
- Mix the Maple Pecan Butter with the pumpkin puree
- Spread cream cheese on the board in a thick layer and top with pumpkin pecan mixture
- Sprinkle cranberries, nuts and optional bacon on top
- Place the cookies, crackers and apples around the board or near the board and provide spreaders for spreading the butter
I hope you’ll try making a butter board,
it’s a lot of fun to make and serve!
Note: I’ve had this set of small boards for a while and can’t remember where I bought them but I did find a similar set on Amazon here
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