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For those of you not following me on Facebook, as of the Summer of 2019 I've moved to Central WA, to a tiny mountain town of less than 1,000 people.

I will be covering my exploits here in the Cascades, as I try to further reduce my impact on the environment. With the same attitude, just at a higher altitude!

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Black Bottom Pumpkin Bars recipe

I'm trying to use up the last of the frozen pumpkin puree we processed from last year's pumpkins to make some space for this year's pumpkins. And, really, who needs an excuse to eat pumpkin, especially when it's paired with rich chocolate?

Although these are bars, it's more of a delicious, moist cake. And the beauty of it is that you can substitute all sorts of fruit purees out for the pumpkin. I've made this with applesauce and bananas as well.  Or a mix of all three. It just depends on what you have on hand. You can't go wrong!

Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups pumpkin puree

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg (preferably fresh ground)

1/4 cup baking cocoa*
1/2 cup milk chocolate chips

Directions
1. Cream butter and sugar in large bowl until fluffy. Beat in vanilla, egg and pumpkin.

2. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.

3. Add dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix well.

4. Divide batter in half. Add cocoa and chocolate chips to half, spreading into a greased 8" x 8" baking pan. Add remaining batter to the top and swirl it with a knife.

5. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

*I use a high quality cocoa like Valrhona

2 comments:

Dave @ HappyAcres said...

Oh my - pumpkin and chocolate? What's not to like about that! I've got lots of pumpkin puree in the freezer so I will be trying this one soon. Thanks for sharing!

Rachel @ Grow a Good Life said...

These look decadent and I happen to have some pumpkin puree in the freezer. Thank you for sharing at Green Thumb Thursday!