Maple Frosted Pumpkin Bars

These are SO light, and SO moist, and SO wonderful! You can see how fast they are disappearing!  I can't really take credit for the recipe, because I found it on All Recipes.com, and only made the minor-ish of changes (switching out the raisins for chocolate chips, etc).

1 cup flour

1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 c. oil

1 c sugar

2 eggs

1 c solid pack pumpkin puree

3/4 c choc.chips

(OR raisins- OR SOME people have been known to add MORE than 3/4 c. choc chips! AND I always use the milk choc. ones instead of the semi-sweet *hangs head in shame*)

1/2 c confectioners sugar

1 Tblsp real maple syrup 

(I added a tiny bit more maple syrup, and still had to add a bit of milk to make the glaze the right consistency)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease a 9x13 baking pan.

Stir together, pumpkin pie spice, flour, baking powder and baking soda. 

In another bowl, beat the eggs, oil and sugar together until smooth.  

Add pumpkin puree. Mix until smooth

Add dry ingredients. Mix until smooth

Add chocolate chips (or raisins) Stir.

Pour mixture into the prepared baking pan, and spread evenly. 

Bake for 30 min.

Allow bars to cool before frosting with the glaze.

To make the glaze- just stir together the confectioners' sugar, and maple syrup until smooth. (As I said before, I had to add a bit of milk- but not too much!)

Drizzle the glaze over the cooled pumpkin bars before cutting. 

ENJOY!