Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars

 Recipe from Two Peas and Their Pod

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin-pie spice
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling
• 12 ounces chocolate chips

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-by-13-inch baking pan and set aside. In a medium
2. bowl, whisk together flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
3. With a stand or electric mixer, cream butter and sugar on medium-high speed until smooth;
4. beat in egg and vanilla until combined. Add pumpkin puree and mix well. The mixture will
5. look somewhat curdled. Reduce speed to low, and mix in dry ingredients until just combined.
6. Fold in chocolate chips.
7. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Bake bars for 35-40 minutes or until edges begin to
8. pull away from sides of pan and a toothpick inserted in center comes out with just a few
9. moist crumbs attached.
10. Cool bars completely in pan. Cut into squares and serve.