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Pumpkin Bars with Orange Glaze

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  • Author: She Likes Food
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 15 1x
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Description

Whether you enjoy these Pumpkin Bars for dessert, or for breakfast, you can’t go wrong.  The bars themselves are soft, moist and packed with tons of fall flavor, while the orange glaze adds a fresh bite.  If you love pumpkin desserts, you’ve got to try these bars out, because they may be even better than pumpkin pie.  They can be made ahead of time, and even stored in the freezer for later.  Serve them for breakfast or dessert on Thanksgiving day and everyone will love them.

Ingredients

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  • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour (measured by scooping the measuring cup into the flour and then leveling off)
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup softened butter
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 (15 oz) can pure pumpkin puree, or about 1 1/2 cups homemade pumpkin puree
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Orange Glaze:

  • 2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
  • 3-4 tablespoons orange juice
  • zest of 1 medium sized orange

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F and line a 16x11x2 inch rectangle cake pan with parchment paper.  Grease the sides, and the parchment paper, and set aside.  In a medium-sized bowl, mix together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, baking soda, and salt.
  2. To a large mixing bowl, add the softened butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar and beat with an electric mixer until just combined, 1-2 minutes.
  3. Next, add in the egg and vanilla extract and beat again until combined.  Lastly, add in the pumpkin puree and beat again.  It may appear a bit curdled, but it will look different once you add in the flour mixture.
  4. Add all of the flour mixture into the wet ingredients and use the electric mixer to mix until completely combined, you may have to stop and scrape down the sides of the bowl.  Place the batter into the greased cake pan and use a spatula to spread it out into an even layer.  The batter is pretty thick, but you should be able to spread it without issues.
  5. Place in the pre-heated oven and bake until cooked through, and an inserted toothpick comes out clean, about 35-40 minutes.  Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely in the pan.
  6. Prepare the glaze.  To a medium sized bowl, add the powdered sugar, 4 tablespoons orange juice and the orange zest.  Use a spoon to mix everything together and add extra orange juice if needed.  You can make it as thin or as thick as you like.
  7. Once pumpkin cake has cooled, you can either keep it in the pan or remove it and place it on a large cutting board.  Pour the orange glaze over and spread out to make sure it is covering the entire cake.  Allow 10-15 minutes for the glaze to harden up before cutting into the pumpkin bars.  Store them in an airtight container, either at room temperature or in the refrigerator.

Notes

You can use a different size pan, if needed.  You may just have to adjust the cooking time.

  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Cook Time: 40 mins
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American

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