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.
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.
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 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.
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Recipe
Maple Pumpkin Butter Vinaigrette
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
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Brandy says
That sounds like a delicious vinaigrette! Maple and pumpkin is such a great flavor combination.
Liz Mays says
Now this sounds amazing. It would be nice to have a fall-themed dressing to go with some salads.
Wendy @ ABCs and Garden Peas says
This sounds so, so good and the perfect dressing for an Autumn salad! I can’t wait to try this soon!
Tess says
I wold love to try this! Anything pumpkin is good to me.
Stefanie says
OMG! I bet this dressing is divine! Perfect for fall.
Melisasource says
This actually sounds pretty tasty. Its one of those recipes that catches you off guard but as you consider it, it sounds delicious.
Jocelyn Cañasa Brown says
Oh yum! I love pumpkin in anything! I will definitely be making some of this over the weekend.
Chrystal | Nevermore Lane says
This needs to get in my belly right now. I was thinking about how I could make some sort of pumpkin flavored salad without having to add pumpkin to my salad. LOL I have so much pumpkin coming my way soon that I need some new recipes before I start canning. This looks super yummy.
Colleen Lanin says
How delicious! I’ll have to give this a try on my salad next time. I can even see using this on other dishes, too! Thank you!
Stacie @ Divine Lifestyle says
Oh wow! I’ve never seen a vinaigrette quite like this before. I must make some!