PUMPKIN BARS

Ingredients:

1 cup whole wheat flour
¾ cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon baking soda

¼ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon cloves

2 eggs

1 cup pumpkin

1 stick butter, melted

Powdered sugar

Instructions:

Butter or spray your pan

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

In mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and cloves.

Melt butter in small pan.

In a small bowl, crack open eggs and beat ‘em up.

Stir melted butter, eggs and pumpkin into flour mixture.

Spread pumpkin batter evenly in pan.

Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of your bars comes out clean.

Sprinkle powdered sugar on the top of the bars.

Allow bars to cool before cutting.

Makes 24 bars.

Submitted by: Caroline G.

"I didn't have clove on hand so omitted that, used canned pumpkin and didn't add the salt as I used regular butter. This recipe is fabulous and so easy".