Head down to your local Asian grocery store, grab some purple yams, and let’s make a delicious vegan ube butter together. It’s easier to make than you think, not to mention cheaper and healthier than a store-bought Ube spread.
Ube Butter is a sweet and creamy spread with a striking violet color. Also known as Ube Halaya, “Purple Yam Jam”, is a classic Filipino dessert made from boiled and mashed purple yams. More like a pudding than a jam, ube butter is usually made with milk, butter, and sugar.
Compared to the classic recipe, our Ube butter is lower in sugar and fat, dairy free and vegan. Still, it’s super silky, creamy, and easy spreadable like butter. It combines the sweet and nutty notes of purple yams with the richness and freshness of coconut. A real treat!
Making purple yam spread from scratch is as easy as boiling and tossing together some yams. Then just follow our recipe below to get the perfect butter consistency by adding a few simple ingredients. In no time at all, you’ll have a wonderful Ube butter that’s as delicious as it is pretty.
Once ready, you can enjoy this purple buttery spread on toast, waffles, or pancakes. You can also use it instead of milk butter to make sweet baked goods like cakes, cookies or donuts. In the Philippines, ube halaya is commonly used as a base for pastries, ice cream, and other desserts, giving them a gorgeous, vibrant purple hue.
We’re sure that once you try it, you’ll start using this purple yam spread all over just like we did! And as our recipe shows a generous glassThey will have enough to keep you going for all your cute creations!