Homemade Sweet Potato Butter is the fall spread you didn’t know you needed! It’s sweet, thick, creamy and perfectly spiced with all the cozy flavors of fall. It comes together quickly and easily with just a handful of ingredients. Once you make a batch, you’ll want to put it on everything!
Sweet potatoes are one of my favorite fall ingredients. As you know, every fall I love highlighting ingredients that fall outside of the usual “pumpkin spice agenda” and showing you that there are SO many other fall flavors that deserve their shine too.
I know you’ve heard of pumpkin butter. And I know you’ve heard of apple butter… but what about sweet potato butter?
After seeing just how popular apple butter and pumpkin butter are, I knew I had to give sweet potatoes the same love. And voilà—my Sweet Potato Butter was born!
What is Sweet Potato Butter?
Sweet Potato Butter is the ultimate fall spread! Made with roasted sweet potato purée, warm spices and just the right amount of sweetness. It’s cooked low and slow until it’s thick, smooth and creamy. It’s so good, super easy to make and packed with cozy fall flavor. Spread it over warm buttermilk biscuits or toast for a cozy fall breakfast. Add it to your latte or cold foam for a seasonal coffee twist. I can’t wait to show you how else I use this craveable spread.
Sweet Potato Butter Ingredients
This recipe is super easy to make, and only requires a handful of ingredients.
- Sweet Potato Puree: highly recommend using a roasted sweet potato. You can also use canned sweet potato if you can find it.
- Apple juice: you can also use spiced apple cider.
- Brown sugar: used to sweeten the sweet potato butter
- Maple syrup: also used to sweeten and compliment the butter.
- Spices: cinnamon, nutmeg, all spice, and pumpkin spice were used to spice things up.
- Lemon juice: helps cut the sweetness and balance the flavor.
- Vanilla extract: a must!
What to serve this Sweet Potato Butter on?
- Buttermilk biscuits
- toast or bagel
- Cold foam
- Latte/ morning coffee
- yogurt
- oatmeal
More fall recipes to enjoy
If you love this latte and fall flavors, here are more fall favorites to try next:
- Pumpkin Swirl Blondies
- Brown Butter Apple Hand Pies
- Sweet Potato Bread With Pecan Streusel and Maple Glaze
- No-Churn Butter Pecan Ice Cream
- The Best Pumpkin French Toast
- Easy Homemade Iced Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipe
If you try my Sweet Potato Butter, I’d love to hear your feedback. Please be sure to leave a comment, and/or tag me on Instagram @cookwithci. I would love to see your recreations and hear your thoughts.
Homemade Spiced Sweet potato Butter
Ingredients
- 1 cup sweet potato puree *see notes*
- 1/2 cup apple juice
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp all spice
- 1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 tsp flaky sea salt
- 1/2 lemon juice
- 1-2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, add the sweet potato puree, maple syrup, apple juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, pumpkin pie spice, and flaky salt. Stir until well combined.
- Over low heat, bring the mixture to a gentle simmer. Cook for 15–20 minutes, stirring often to prevent sticking, until the sweet potato mixture thickens and deepens in color. The finished texture should be thick and spreadable, similar to a fruit butter, rather than runny. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
- Remove from the heat, then stir in the fresh lemon juice and vanilla extract. Allow to cool slightly before transferring to mason jars. Store in the refrigerator until ready to enjoy.
Notes
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