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Pumpkin Bars with Boiled Frosting

Pumpkin Bars with Boiled Frosting
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Pumpkin Bars
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 16
Author Anna
Cost 5

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sifted all purpose flour spooned and swept carefully
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 cup pumpkin canned
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • cup toasted walnut pieces

Boiled Frosting:

  • 1 ½ tablespoons flour
  • ½ cup milk
  • 8 tablespoons butter salted add pinch of salt if using unsalted
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Line a 9 inch metal pan with nonstick foil or spray with cooking spray.
  • Stir or sift together the pre-sifted flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
  • In another bowl, stir together pumpkin, eggs, sugar and oil. Beat until well mixed.
  • Stir flour mixture into pumpkin mixture. Stir in toasted walnuts. Spread batter in pan and bake for 25 minutes or until cake springs back and seems done.
  • Let cool on a rack While cake is cooling, begin preparing the icing. The boiled milk mixture will need time to cool.

Boiled Frosting

  • In a small but heavy saucepan, whisk together flour and milk. Turn heat to medium and cook, whisking constantly, until mixture thickens and becomes gravy-like. Remove from heat and let cool completely.
  • In a mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Beat in cooled milk/flour mixture then beat and beat and beat with an electric mixer until the graininess goes away.
  • Spread over bars. Cut however many you want.....I cut 16 really small pieces, but 12 is more practical.