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    Home » Recipes » Salads » Maple Pumpkin Butter Vinaigrette

    LAST UPDATED: September 22, 2020 • FIRST PUBLISHED: September 22, 2016 By Toni Dash 26 Comments

    Maple Pumpkin Butter Vinaigrette

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    Maple Pumpkin Butter Vinaigrette
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    You’ll never return to store-bought salad dressing after whipping up this Maple Pumpkin Butter Vinaigrette. Ready in five minutes, this sweet and tangy dressing has a wonderful depth of flavor perfect for the deeper flavored salads of autumn.

    Maple Pumpkin Butter Vinaigrette
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    Maple Pumpkin Butter Vinaigrette

    I am SO excited to share a new salad dressing with you today and my very favorite new salad! I literally could eat this salad for every meal, day after day. In five minutes you can shake up this Maple Pumpkin Butter Vinaigrette in a jar and two more minutes be eating this fall salad I love!!

    The change of seasons brings deeper signature flavors we all notice. Deeply sweet winter squash, crisp apples, earthy greens and spices that seem inextricably tied to fall. I’ve found myself eating salads daily. Not the light, playful refreshing salads of summer but flavorful mixes of fruits and vegetables. Peppery greens like arugula, slices of pear, pecans (candied and plain), bits of strong-flavored cheeses like blue.

    Maple Pumpkin Butter Vinaigrette in a salad dressing carafe

    I get bored of salad dressings and am usually on the hunt for something new and always homemade. With the onset of pumpkin-everything online I’ve been playing in my kitchen to come up with a dressing partner for these yummy fall salads.

    Maple Pumpkin Butter Vinaigrette poured on salad greens

    Maple Pumpkin Butter Vinaigrette is my current favorite. Pumpkin butter is one of those foods that I liked the idea of for some time but candidly had no idea how to use it really. I probably began to love it when making a Baked Brie with Maple-Pumpkin Butter, Honey, Marcona Almonds and Pepitas appetizer a few years ago. It opened my mind to ways to use it in the mix of seasonal flavors to make some exciting new recipes.

    This simple vinaigrette is a wonderful mix of sweet and tangy flavors that is an exciting dressing for fall’s greens. The salad I’ve been loving is a bed of Spring Mix greens with some sharper flavored greens such as frisee or baby chard in the mix, a handful of pecans and apple slices. A drizzle of the Maple Pumpkin Butter Vinaigrette and it’s pure heaven! Trust me, you’ll love it all fall long.

    Use Store Bought or Homemade Pumpkin Butter

    Pumpkin Butter is easy to make at home. Use your own in this recipe or buy it from the store.

    Maple Pumpkin Butter Vinaigrette pouring on salad

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    Maple Pumpkin Butter Vinaigrette

    Maple Pumpkin Butter Vinaigrette

    The combination of maple pumpkin butter with Dijon mustard, apple cider vinegar and shallots yields a wonderful depth of flavor spanning sweet, tangy. Add the olive oil and a perfect dressing for all fall salads is born!
    5 from 2 votes
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    Course: Salad
    Cuisine: American
    Total Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Servings: 12 1-tablespoon servings (makes 3/4 cups dressing)
    Calories: 56kcal
    Author: Toni Dash
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    Ingredients

    • 2 tablespoons Pumpkin Butter
    • 1 teaspoon Maple Syrup
    • 1 medium Shallot , diced
    • 1/4 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
    • 1/3 cup Olive Oil
    • 1/2 teaspoon Dijon Mustard
    • Kosher Salt and fresh Black Pepper to taste

    Instructions

    • Add all ingredients to a jar with lid, seal, shake vigorously to fully combine.
    • Alternatively the dressing may be combined in a blender to fully emulsify.
    • Store extra dressing sealed in the refrigerator.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 56kcal | Carbohydrates: 0g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 3mg | Potassium: 19mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 0g | Vitamin A: 260IU | Vitamin C: 0.7mg | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 0.1mg
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    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    TONI DASH
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    Toni Dash, is a Certified Nutrition Coach and the writer/blogger, photographer, recipe developer and creator of Boulder Locavore®. She has been developing easy to make, well-tested recipes since 2010. Her seasonal recipes bring excitement to the dining table for both gluten-free and gluten diners. Toni has been featured in numerous publications and on culinary websites for her creative, delicious recipes and travel features. For more details, check out her About page.

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    1. Becky says

      October 30, 2022 at 1:19 pm

      5 stars
      Oh.my.gawsh!!! This dressing is fantastic! I made the pumpkin butter myself (your recipe, also 5 ⭐️) and used it. I will be eating more salad. This is better than any store bought dressing I’ve ever had. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe!

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      • Toni Dash says

        October 30, 2022 at 6:56 pm

        Yay!! This comment remind me I need to make some myself. Thanks Becky for your comment!

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    2. Susan says

      October 08, 2016 at 2:29 pm

      Made this for our lunch salad today, and it was wonderful (I used my magic bullet instead of the high speed blender, so it didn’t quite pulverize the shallot). I ended up having to make my own maple pumpkin butter – my local Sprouts had never heard of such a thing and Albertsons would never carry anything like that. This was definitely worth the effort I put into it. (I should probably write down how I made the pumpkin butter…)

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    3. Mellissa Williams says

      September 26, 2016 at 8:05 am

      5 stars
      This is such a fun way to dress a salad for the fall. I am always looking for new flavors!

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