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Pumpkin Brown Butter Maple Bars

Fluffy and light pumpkin bars sweetened with maple syrup and brown butter, packed with walnuts & white chocolate chips. These bars are the perfect dessert recipe to make this fall that is warm, cozy, comforting and very easy to make.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Decorating Time 5 minutes
Course Bar, Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert, High Tea, Sweet tooth, tea time
Cuisine American
Servings 12 large bars

Equipment

  • Large mixing bowl
  • Whisk
  • Rubber spatula
  • Quarter sheet tray
  • Piping bag
  • Chopping board
  • Knife

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup brown butter
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup castor sugar
  • 3/4 cup pumpkin purée
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 drop almond extract
  • 1 tbsp fresh ginger grated
  • 2 1/4 cup four
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Add ons -

  • 1/2 cup white chocolate chunks
  • 1/2 cup walnuts

Glaze -

  • 2 tbsp brown butter
  • 3/4 cup icing sugar
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 180°C, line your quarter sheet tray with a little bit of butter and set it aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl add your wet ingredients and whisk together until combined, we do not want to add air into it, we just want the ingredients combined.
  • Switch to a spatula and add your dry ingredients followed by any add-ons as you like (I’ve added white chocolate chips and walnuts), fold together until just combined.
  • Transfer to the lined tray, bake for 20 minutes until risen, dry to the touch and a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. Let it cool for 10 minutes.
  • While it is cooling let's make the icing: mix all the ingredients together until smooth and combined, transfer the icing into a piping bag.
  • Slice the pumpkin bars with a serrated knife, pipe over each bar and transfer to a serving tray, serve as you like.

Notes

  • Do not over mix the batter once you add the dry ingredients, as it can make the bars very dense once they are baked.
  • Make sure not to over bake the bars and check after 16 minutes with a toothpick to see how well they are done.
  • If you don't want to ice them you can dust them with a bit of powdered sugar or cinnamon powder and serve them as they are.