I wanted to honor my friend's fall birthday with some baked goods. Brownies didn't seem to say 'October' to me, nor did chocolate chip cookies. So I went in search of a treat featuring one of my fall favorites: pumpkin. Keeping in mind that it was too early for Thanksgiving's pumpkin pie, my quest led me to the Brown Eyed Baker. I stumbled across her blog while searching for pumpkin desserts and was pleasantly surprised. I liked the things she'd been baking. And I found exactly what I was looking for: Pumpkin Pie Bars. She described them as pumpkin pie 'without the crust' but I found them to be much firmer than the pie filling. They did have a certain reminiscence of pumpkin pie; the pumpkin kept these bars very moist. I dusted the top with sugar and delivered them to my friend with a birthday candle on top. (Because at our age, we don't need anything more than a solitary candle). The verdict: she loved them!
Make them again: Yes, but I would like to alter the consistency ever so slightly.
Improvements: They were quite dense. I need to figure out which ingredients to change to make them lighter and a bit fluffier.
Follow this link for the recipe: http://www.browneyedbaker.com/2010/10/14/pumpkin-pie-bars/
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