"Chocolate Chip" Pumpkin Bars

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bars

I came across this delicious little recipe back in August. And of course we had to try it out.

I omitted the chocolate chips. As much as I love the pumpkin and chocolate chip flavor combo, I am avoiding what I like to call hard-core sweets. And I just can't justify chocolate chips.  However, I did add butterscotch chips to a few bars. But they are still delicious plain.

The first time I made these they were delicious. This time, I decided to half the recipe. Still delicious. It was my first time halving a recipe that has 1 egg in it. Weird, yeah? I don't know what people usually do about that, but I stirred my egg and then poured it into a measuring cup. It was about a quarter cup so I measured out an eighth cup of egg. Just thought I'd let you know because with this much sugar and butter, half is always better.

The original recipe can be found here (with more pics).

To make these bars:

Whisk together:

2 cups flour
1 tbspn pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt

With your mixer, in a separate bowl, beat together:

1 cup of butter at room temperature
1 1/4 cups sugar

Then beat in:

1 egg
2 tsp vanilla

Beat in 1 cup pumpkin puree and gradually add the dry ingredients. If you're adding chips, chocolate or butterscotch, stir them in. Pour into a sprayed 9x13 baking dish and bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees.  Try to let them cool before devouring or you'll end up with a burned tongue (not that I would know).

Enjoy!