Pumpkin Walnut Dip
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Warm, creamy, and full of fall flavor, this pumpkin walnut dipping sauce is the perfect companion for crispy pie chips. Made with rich apple butter, pumpkin purée, and pumpkin spice, it’s swirled with heavy cream for luscious smoothness.
Fall is here which means lots of pumpkin for me! Last week I had book club at my house and I wanted to plan a fall menu.
We had Cheddar Apple Scones as a savory item on the list. Then came Pumpkin Mac n Cheese with Bacon. I had a pile of White Chocolate Pumpkin Blondies to snack on as well. We finished with a slice of Apple Pie Cake.
I realized I needed some kind of dip to start us off with. I found a super easy but delicious fall dip from Musselman’s that not only had pumpkin but apple butter as well! I love the sweetness that apple butter adds to so many different recipes. It also gives a hint of spices as well.
Making this dipping sauce was so easy. It only has 5 ingredients and whips up in about 10 minutes. I also really like that it’s served warm. There are always so many cold dips at parties and in the fall and winter I want to warm up not cool down!
This pumpkin dip is bursting with flavors of pumpkin, spices, and crunchy walnuts. It’s like a taste of fall in every bite.
What can I serve with the walnut dip?
It’s great served with pretzels, sliced apples, crisp pie chips, or even grapes.
I ended up making the pie chips too. They are a simple and delicious way to eat this dip or any other sweet dip. It simply takes a pie crust cut into triangles or with a cookie cutter and sprinkles them with cinnamon and sugar. The pie chips are baked in the oven until brown and crisp. They are the perfectly sweet dipper!
Ingredients
For the dip:
- 1/2 c. toasted walnuts coarsely chopped
- 3/4 c. Musselman's Apple Butter
- 3/4 c. pure pumpkin
- 1 Tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/3 c. heavy cream
For the Pie Chips:
- 1 refrigerated pie crust
- 1 Tablespoon butter melted
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 1 Tablespoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Toast walnuts in a small skillet over low heat, shaking pan occasionally, until fragrant and slightly darker in color, about 5 minutes.
- In a separate, medium saucepan, bring apple butter, pumpkin, and pie spice to a sputter simmer over medium heat.
- Continue to simmer to blend flavors, a few minutes longer.
- Stir in cream, and then the chopped walnuts. Serve warm for dipping.
- To make the pie chips preheat the oven to 400 degrees
- Roll out pie dough to about 1/8 inch. Using a knife, cut the dough into square or use a floured cookie cutter to make fun shapes. Remove the excess dough and re-roll the scraps if desired. Transfer the dough cut outs to an ungreased cookie sheet. Brush with melted butter. Combine the sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle on the cut outs.
- Bake for 6-7 minutes or until the edges begin to brown. Cool on wire racks.
Notes
I would make an apple spice cake.
Apple butter and butter on toast. Thanks! [email protected]
I would make my Apple Butter Walnut Bread! A wonderful addition to any holiday feast!
Love it on freshly baked bread with butter. Fabulous.
I would make my Apple Butter Spice Cake and also use the Musselman’s Apple Butter in my oatmeal. Yum!
I would eat it just like I ate it with my Grandma, on warm bread or a biscuit, however, I would make this recipe as well because I am having a serious need to try it right now. YUMMY
I would make muffins with the apple butter!
I want to put this in muffins, bet it would add great flavor
I have a recipe for an apple butter pound cake I pinned ages ago and would love to try 🙂
I would eat it on my english muffin in the morning!
The dip looks delicious ! I think it would also be good to use in an applesauce cake recipe as a substitute. I loved applebutter and peanut butter sandwiches too as a kid growing up.
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I would make apple butter waffles!
I’d really like to try this dipping sauce recipe! I love walnuts so I bet this is really good!!
I would make fried apple pies, yum.
I would make a pumpkin cake with the product.
i would make apple butter muffins
I usually just have apple butter on toast but if I won this I’d look up some fancier recipes.
I would warm it up and spread it over some fried biscuits! Mouth is watering!
I’d make apple butter pumpkin pie 🙂 [email protected]
I would use it in pancakes.
I love Apple butter on fresh cooked bread or biscuits!
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I would make Apple Buttered Snicker Doodles!!
I would like to make the dip
Spiced Apple Cake with Orange Glaze
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I would make apple cinnamon muffins and stir some apple butter into the batter. I’d also use apple butter to spread on the warm muffins- yummy!
They have a recipe at their website for Spiced Apple Cake with Orange Glaze…I’d love to make that!
i’d eat it up on hot buttered biscuits!! yum! love apple butter. thanks for the chance. enchantedtree (at)hotmail.com
I would use it to make the pancake apple butter cake
Thank You for the chance
I would use it on pancakes
i would make Apple Butter pancakes for my kids!
I would make apple walnut muffins. [email protected]
I love to have apple butter with hot biscuits, sausage, and eggs for breakfast.
I would make apple butter, pecan, cinnamon, crepes!
I like putting fruit butters into my plain Greek yoghurt to flavor them.
Apple cinnamon streudle or on biscuits!
I’d make a gingerbread apple cake in the Dutch oven.
I love using apple butter to make pancakes! It gives them a really nice moist texture and a rich flavor!
Hmmm….that recipe looks delicious- so I might make that. I also like to put it on chicken and ribs.
My kids love apple butter in homemade oatmeal
I would make some Apple Butter Tarts, I love holiday baking and I always try new recipes and my family love to try them . Thanks for the chance!
They have a ton of great recipes on their site. Mt favorite are the apple butter hotcakes.
The apple cake sounds yummy!
I love apple butter on biscuits and have never tried it in a recipe but I know pinterest would my go to place to try out recipes like crock pout apple butter bbq meatballs
Honestly, I love apple butter so much (on sandwiches and toast) that I doubt it would survive long enough to make a recipe with it!
I love it on toast. I would have to try this recipe though
the dip looks good but I also just love it on toast!
I would make Apple Butter Spice Cake. Yum! kristiedonelson(at)gmail(dot)com Thank you.
I would use the apple butter on biscuits! Yum…
pumpkin muffins with apple butter, yum.
I’m not sure what I’d make! That’s why I need your recipe cards!
I would use it try this dip, sounds amazing!!!
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I’d love to use apple butter to incorporate into pancake batter or spice cakes. Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂
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I would use the apple butter on hot biscuits 🙂 yummy side to soup in this chilly weather!
This dip sounds delicious! I’d love to make it and try it myself.
I would make Apple Cinnamon Strudel.
id make peanut butter and apple butter sandwiches. yumm
Apple butter muffins!
I would make some apple butter cinnamon rolls, yum!
I’d like to use the apple butter to replace the apple sauce in my spice cake.
Great with hot biscuits for a quick breakfast
I think this dip sounds amazing
I have never had pie chips before. Sounds like a good party dip idea!
As a kid apple butter was a treat at my grandparent’s house. I would have it just like I did then just spread on a hot biscuit.
I love Musselman, but never tried their apple butter before. It does look so delicious and another fun dipping sauce idea. I think I’m gonna make Cream Cheese and Apple Butter Crescents. Yum!
I love Musselman apple butter and I love pumpkin! I should make this dip. It sounds really amazing. I really love the apple butter just on toast. Then you get the full flavor. Right?! I bet it would make a great sauce for some baked apples, poured over ice cream though. YUM!