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Thanksgiving Leftover Bars

Thanksgiving Leftover Bars

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Ingredients

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.

Notes

Adapted from Baking Bites