Pumpkin Spice Brown Sugar Squares
These blondie-like brown sugar squares get an Autumnal update with pumpkin pie flavors.
By Jennifer Abbott
Pumpkin Spice Brown Sugar Squares
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These blondie-like brown sugar squares get an Autumnal update with pumpkin pie flavors.
Author: Jennifer Abbott
Recipe Type: Baking
Serves: 24 squares
Ingredients
- 10 Tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
- ⅓ cup white (granulated) sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup pureed cooked pumpkin (canned is fine)
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon powdered ginger
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- about 1 cup sifted powdered (confectioner's) sugar, for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour an 11x7-inch baking dish or brownie pan.
- Melt butter. While still warm, place in a medium mixing bowl, stir in sugars until dissolved, and let mixture cool till just slightly warm.
- Add egg, stirring well. Add pumpkin and stir until well-mixed.
- Add remaining ingredients except powdered sugar. Stir until well combined, then spread batter into prepared pan, smooshing down slightly with a rubber spatula to remove any air bubbles.
- Bake at 350 for 35 minutes, or until edges are just starting to crack and a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out with just a few crumbs attached.
- Cool on a wire rack for about 10 minutes. Cut into 1½" squares while still warm, and roll some or all of them in powdered sugar* (if the sugar doesn't stick you can smear it on with your fingers). Roll exactly half of your squares in sugar to create a checkerboard.
