Salted Maple Pumpkin Bars

Soft pumpkin bars sweetened with maple syrup, warmly spiced, and finished with flaky salt. An easy 8-inch-pan baked dessert ready in about 40 minutes.

Prep: 10 min · Cook: 25 min · Yield: 16 · Method: Oven

Ingredients

• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 large eggs
• 0.5 cup maple syrup
• 0.333 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 0.5 teaspoon fine salt
• 0.25 teaspoon flaky sea salt

Cooking instructions

1. Heat the oven to 350°F. Line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment, leaving overhang for lifting the bars. (about 5 min) — 350°F
2. Whisk the flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, and fine salt in a medium bowl. (about 2 min)
3. Whisk the eggs, pumpkin puree, maple syrup, and oil in a separate bowl until smooth. (about 3 min)
4. Fold the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture just until no dry streaks remain. Spread the batter evenly in the pan. (about 2 min)
5. Bake until the center is set and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out with a few moist crumbs, 23 to 28 minutes. (about 26 min) — 350°F
6. Cool the bars completely in the pan, then lift them out, cut into 16 squares, and sprinkle with flaky sea salt. (about 30 min)