Pumpkin Bars with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
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Yield 4 dozen 2" squares
INGREDIENTS
  • ⅔ cup vegetable oil
  • ⅔ cup brown sugar
  • 1/₃ cup granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • ⅔ cup pumpkin purée
  • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ teaspoon baking powder
  • ⅜ teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  • 1⅓ cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
  • ⅓ cup chopped walnuts, toasted
  • ⅔ cup currants
  • For the frosting:
  • 4 ounces cream cheese
  • 2 tablespoons softened butter
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup
  • 1 ¼ cups powdered sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • ½ cup diced toasted walnuts
DIRECTIONS
  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  2. Grease and lightly flour a 9”x13" rimmed baking sheet.
  3. Mix oil and sugars together until well blended.
  4. Add eggs, then pumpkin purée in.
  5. Fold baking soda, baking powder, salt, and spice into the wet ingredients, and then stir in flour, beating gently to combine.
  6. Add in nuts and currants.
  7. Pour the batter into the prepared baking sheet.
  8. Bake for approximately 20 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
  9. Cool the cake in the pan for 10 minutes.
  10. Meanwhile make the frosting: Beat cream cheese and butter together.
  11. Add in maple syrup, then mix in the powdered sugar and salt.
  12. Frost the bars and sprinkle with the toasted walnuts.
Recipe by Flavor and Friends at http://flavorandfriends.com/pumpkin-bars-with-maple-cream-cheese-frosting/