Prune Spread | Perfect Deliciousness | Dishes Delish (2024)

This prune spread recipe is naturally sweet and so delicious. It’s perfect to eat by the spoonful, on bread, or slathered on pancakes. The possibilities are endless!

This prune spread is always in our fridge. Seriously. Both Christopher and I love this spread. And although I never thought this was possible, he may love it more than I do. Why do I think that? Christopher eats this prune spread every single day. I eat it around 4 times a week.

I came up with this recipe because when I was growing up, my grandmother used to make a dessert called prune kuchen that I adored. It was a baked dessert made with a slightly sweet dough spread out in a 13 x 9 pan and topped with prune spread. I do not have her recipe, but I wish I did.

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Helpful tips

• Sometimes I cut each prune in quarters, sometimes in halves. Quarter pieces seem to make a softer spread; halves seem to make the spread denser. Maybe the bigger pieces absorb less water?
• Once the prunes are cooked, press and blend them with a masher. I have found a potato masher works best. You could also use a pastry cutter or perhaps an immersion blender, but the prunes are gooey and could bind the blender.
• I buy my pitted prunes at Trader Joe’s and they are non-sorbate. I buy them in a 1 pound bag, which is roughly 3 – 4 cups.
• You can keep this spread in the refrigerator in a glass container for 3 + weeks. (If it lasts that long 🙂
• You can also use this as prune filling in pastries. It’s so good.

How to make prune spread

Step one

Gather the ingredients and tools – 1 pound of prunes, water, a medium sized sauce pan, cutting board, knife and potato masher.

Step two

Cut 1 pound of prunes in 3 – 4 pieces. (Or not, see tip above.)

Step three

Place prunes in the sauce pan and pour in 4 cups of water.

(Update: I have changed the amount of water I’ve added from 3 1/2 cups to 4 cups because Hubby likes it better a little looser. And I tend to agree.)

Step four

Turn the heat under the sauce pan to medium and bring the prune mixture to a boil. Once it starts boiling, lower the heat to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes.

See how the prunes puffed up? You want some water to still be visible, as you see above.

Step five

Take a masher and mash away until the spread is mostly mashed. There will be some prune chunks in the spread.

I put my prune spread in a jar for storage.

The next photo shows the spread on Irish soda bread. It is such a tasty, slightly sweet spread. I hope you try it!

If you like prunes, you are going to love this recipe! It is naturally sweet and delicious.

I hope you enjoyed this prune spread recipe!

Please feel free to leave me a comment and tell me what your favorite spread is.

Other scrumptious spreads or sauces

• Fig sauce
• Strawberry sauce
• Pumpkin butter
• Peanut sauce

And as always, may all your dishes be delish!

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First published December of 2015