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Orange-Spice Pumpkin Bars with Browned Butter Frosting

Tempting flavors of pumpkin pie and warm, buttery frosting--what could be better on an autumn afternoon?

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Prep Time 20 min
Total Time 2 hr 5 min
Servings 48

Ingredients

Bars

2: cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1 1/2: cups granulated sugar

2: teaspoons baking powder

1: teaspoon baking soda

2: teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

2: teaspoons grated orange peel

1/4: teaspoon salt

1/2: cup vegetable oil

1/2: cup orange juice

1: cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)

2: eggs

Frosting

1/3: cup butter (do not use margarine)

2: cups powdered sugar

1/2: teaspoon vanilla

2: to 4 tablespoons milk

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of 15x10x1-inch pan with shortening; lightly flour (or spray with baking spray with flour).
2 In large bowl, beat bar ingredients with electric mixer on low speed, scraping bowl occasionally, until moistened. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Spread batter evenly in pan.
3 Bake 23 to 27 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
4 In 2-quart saucepan, heat butter over medium heat, stirring constantly, until light golden brown. Remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar, vanilla and enough milk until smooth and spreadable. Immediately spread frosting over cooled bars. Refrigerate about 15 minutes or until set. For bars, cut into 8 rows by 6 rows. If desired, garnish each bar with orange peel strip.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

Pumpkin pie spice is a blend of spices to flavor pumpkin. If you want to make your own, mix 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger, 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg and 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves.

Browned butter has a nutty aroma. Carefully watch browning butter and remove the pan from the heat as soon as the butter begins to brown. Heated butter in a hot pan continues to darken as it cools. Do not use margarine in this recipe; margarine is made from vegetable oil and does not brown.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Bar

Calories: 100
Calories from Fat: 35),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 4g; 4%
(Saturated Fat 1g, 1% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 10mg; 10%;
Sodium: 70mg; 70%;
Total Carbohydrate: 16g; 16%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 12g 12% ),
Protein: 1g; 1%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 15%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 2%;

Exchanges:

0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 9/29/2011 7:20:02 PM REPORT ABUSE javadiva said:

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These are the tastiest pumpkin bars. I won't make any other recipe. I do use cream cheese frosting instead of the browned butter though.

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Posted 12/18/2010 4:47:38 PM REPORT ABUSE KathyinBend said:

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Made these on a snowy cold day, made house smell wonderful and best of all were very good!! They are rich but this means a little goes along way!

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Posted 11/25/2010 8:01:08 AM REPORT ABUSE seminoleschic89 said:

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I made these for Thanksgiving and they turned out GREAT!! Very moist. I baked it in a cake pan and served it that way...it was definately a big hit! Thanks for the idea!!

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