Many of you will be doing your Thanksgiving meal shopping soon and picking up the ingredients for the stuffing, the pies, and the bird itself. Even if you have your menu plan down to a science, you are bound to have some ingredients left over after the cooking and baking is done. You can make these delicious Thanksgiving Leftover Bars with your leftover pumpkin puree, cranberry sauce, and pecans!
Thanksgiving Leftover Bars
2014-04-02 21:23:08
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
30 min
Total Time
50 min
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
1146g
Amount Per Serving
Calories 3800
Calories from Fat 1174
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 135g
208%
Saturated Fat 64g
318%
Trans Fat 4g
Polyunsaturated Fat 16g
Monounsaturated Fat 46g
Cholesterol 430mg
143%
Sodium 1995mg
83%
Total Carbohydrates 646g
215%
Dietary Fiber 21g
85%
Sugars 512g
Protein 28g
Vitamin A
827%
Vitamin C
48%
Calcium
47%
Iron
55%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
BARS
- 1 c. flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 c. butter, melted
- 1 1/3 c. brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 T. cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 c. pumpkin puree
- 1/2 c. craisins
- 2/3 cranberry sauce
ICING
- 1 T. fresh squeezed orange juice
- 1 1/2 c. powdered sugar
- zest of one orange
- 1/2 c. chopped pecans
Instructions
- Whisk together dry ingredients.
- Cream butter and sugar, beat in egg, cinnamon, and vanilla.
- Stir in pumpkin, then slowly add in the dry ingredients.
- Fold in craisins.
- Pour batter into a greased and floured 9x13 and drop spoonfuls of cranberry sauce over the batter. Swirl the sauce through the batter with a butter knife.
- Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
- Zest and squeeze one large orange.
- Add in powdered sugar until the frosting reaches the desired thickness.
- Cool bars completely before frosting. Sprinkle bars with nuts.
Adapted from Baking Bites
Adapted from Baking Bites
Mad in Crafts https://madincrafts.com/
This delicious recipe will make sure that nothing goes to waste. (Whether or not the food goes to waist, is something you will have to take care of on your own.)
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