Have you ever been to a restaurant and enjoyed an item SO MUCH that you know you need to figure out a way to concoct the fantastic item when you get home? That is the case with this item! One of my favorite restaurants in Minneapolis had this dessert on their lunch menu. Wow. The warmth of them pumpkin, the richness of some vanilla, and the sweetness of maple all tied in to one- it couldn’t be better (not to mention DELICIOUS) !
The fall is the perfect time for pumpkin flavored treats - in any country! I say that because while doing my research on this recipe I uncovered a fun fact: Of the seven continents, Antarctica is the only continent that does not (and can not) produce Pumpkins! That means hundreds of countries could enjoy this excellent dessert!
Pumpkin Bars
(much more like Pumpkin Pie than your traditional ‘cake like’ Pumpkin Bar)
Once you have your pumpkin bars complete it is all about putting your completed desert together by using a few ingredients.
· 1 Box Plain Yellow Cake Mix
· 4 Eggs
· 1 c. Brown Sugar
· 30 oz. Pumpkin (2 regular size cans or 1 large can)
· ¾ c. Butter or Margarine
· 2/3 c. Milk
· 2 T. Cinnamon
· ½ c. Brown Sugar
Directions
Reserve 1 c. of the cake mix.
Melt ½ c. of the butter or margarine (save ¼ c. for later).
Mix the ½ c. melted bugger or margarine with the remaining cake mix, and 1 beaten egg.
(mixture will be like a cookie dough texture)
Generously grease the bottom and sides of a 9 x 13 cake pan.
Place doughy mixture in the bottom of the cake pan - carefully spreading to create a crust layer over the bottom of the entire pan.
Mix the pumpkin with the 1 c. brown sugar, three beaten eggs, milk, cinnamon. Pour over the crust in the pan.
Mix the remaining yellow cake mix, the ¼ c. butter or margarine, and the ½ c. brown sugar.
Crumble mixture over the pumpkin layer. (mixture will be moist - so crumbling is expected to be difficult)
Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes. (pumpkin will still look soft in the oven)
Cool before serving. Bars actually work best if you make them, chill them overnight, and then cut and re-heat slightly before serving.
It’s All About The Presentation!
Use the following directions to make the most out of your new pumpkin dessert.
1) In a bowl take a bit of maple syrup. Line the bottom of the bowl. (about a ¼ of an inch - but that all depends on how big your bowl is too)
2) Then place one square of your pumpkin bar in the syrup
3) Warm in microwave for 30 seconds
4) Garnish with a scoop of vanilla bean gelato (ice cream works too- but its not as great)
5) Top with whipped crème
6) Add crumbled graham cracker or a graham cracker triangle for show (it tastes good too!)
Anyone who loves a pumpkin flavored desert will be sure to enjoy.
While all the ingredients in this dessert are fairly straight forward - I do think it is the combination of all of the items together - especially with the maple syrup (which is the true treasure in this dessert) - that makes this a winner for any fall dinner (or lunch)!
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